Should the company buy or manufacture?
Process Costing
Process costing is a sort of operation costing which is employed to determine the value of a product at each process or stage of producing process, applicable where goods produced from a series of continuous operations or procedure.
Job Costing
Job costing is adhesive costs of each and every job involved in the production processes. It is an accounting measure. It is a method which determines the cost of specific jobs, which are performed according to the consumer’s specifications. Job costing is possible only in businesses where the production is done as per the customer’s requirement. For example, some customers order to manufacture furniture as per their needs.
ABC Costing
Cost Accounting is a form of managerial accounting that helps the company in assessing the total variable cost so as to compute the cost of production. Cost accounting is generally used by the management so as to ensure better decision-making. In comparison to financial accounting, cost accounting has to follow a set standard ad can be used flexibly by the management as per their needs. The types of Cost Accounting include – Lean Accounting, Standard Costing, Marginal Costing and Activity Based Costing.
Part Y is a component that Xia Inc uses in the assembly of its motors. The cost to produce one unit of part Y are as follows: DM of 4,000; Materials handling (20% of DM) is 800; DL cost of 32,000 and OH cost of 150% of DL cost. Materials handling is not included in the Mfg OH, it represents the direct variable cost of receiving department that are applied to Direct materials and purchased components from supplier on the basis of their cost. The company’s annual budget for OH is 2/3 fixed. Zia Group of Companies offers a price of 60,000 per unit. Should the company buy or manufacture?
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