Getting Started
In this activity, you will be examining process costing for a product or service that you select.
Upon successful completion of this assignment, you will be able to:
- Justify the product costs of the units in a department under a process costing system.
- Interpret the cost of goods manufactured report.
- Evaluate the cost per equivalent unit.
- Analyze the production report for effective decision making.
Resources
- Textbook: Managerial Accounting
- Article: Virtuous Leaders & Organizations
Background Information
A process costing system should be tailored to the specific manufacturing process. In order to design the process costing system, the managerial accountant must be familiar with the production process. Only then will the costing system be useful for decision making.
Instructions
- Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
- Read the Skills Development Case S3-1, “Video Case Assignment: Identifying Characteristics of Process Costing,” at the end of Chapter 3 in Managerial Accounting.
- Complete the Skills Development Case S3-1. Submit a one-page document with your response to Case S3-1. Please incorporate the “” article perspective into your response.
