Chapter 6
144. Delilah, Incorporated, manufactures quality hair care products. The ingredients are combined in the mixing
department and put in 16-ounce containers in the packaging department.
The following information pertains to the mixing department for the month of May:
Units
(Gallons)
Work in process, May 1
(100% complete materials,
75% labor and overhead) 10,000
Started during May 50,000
Work in process, May 31
(100% complete materials,
50% labor and overhead) 8,000
The costs in work in process at May 1 in the mixing department were as follows:
Mixing
Department
Work in process, May 1:
Materials $15,000
Direct labor 20,000
Manufacturing overhead 17,600
Total costs $52,600
The costs added by the mixing department during the month of May were as follows:
Mixing
Department
Materials $ 90,000
Direct labor 120,000
Manufacturing overhead 100,000
Total costs added $ 310,000