Bluebird
Manufacturing makes carrying cases for portable electronic devices. Its
costing records yield the following information:
Job
No.
Date Total Cost of Job
at October 31
Total Manufacturing Costs
Added in November
Started Finished Sold
1 10/3 10/12 10/13 $1,900
2 10/3 10/30 11/1 1,800
3 10/17 11/24 11/27 400 $1,500
4 10/29 11/29 12/3 800 1,200
5 11/8 11/12 11/14 550
6 11/23 12/6 12/9 700
Requirements:
1. Which type of
costing system is Bluebird using? What piece of data did you base your answer
on?
2. Use the data in the table to identify the status of each job.
Compute Bluebird’s account balance at October 31 for Work in process
inventory, Finished goods inventory, and Cost of goods
sold. Compute, by job, account balances at November 30 for Work in process
inventory, Finished goods inventory, and Cost of goods sold.
3. Prepare journal
entries to record the transfer of completed units from Work in process to
Finished goods for October and November.
4. Record the sale
of Job 3 for $2,100.
5. What is the gross
profit for Job 3? What other costs must this gross profit cover?