Question

Dashboard Inc. manufactures and assembles automobile instrument panels for both eCar Motors and Greenville Motors. The process consists of a lean product cell for each customer’s instrument assembly. The data that follow concern only the eCar lean cell.

For the year, Dashboard Inc. budgeted the following costs for the eCar production cell:

1	Conversion Cost Categories	Budget
2	Labor	$650,000.00
3	Supplies	43,000.00
4	Utilities	32,000.00
5	Total	$725,000.00

Dashboard Inc. plans 2,900 hours of production for the eCar cell for the year. The materials cost is $170 per instrument assembly. Each assembly requires 15 minutes of cell assembly time. There was no April 1 inventory for either Raw and In Process Inventory or Finished Goods Inventory.

The following summary events took place in the eCar cell during April:

a.	Electronic parts and wiring were purchased to produce 9,400 instrument assemblies in April.
b.	Conversion costs were applied for the production of 9,200 units in April.
c.	9,000 units were started, completed, and transferred to finished goods in April.
d.	8,920 units were shipped to customers at a price of $430 per unit.

	Required:
1.	Determine the budgeted cell conversion cost per hour.
2.	Determine the budgeted cell conversion cost per unit. If required, round your answer to the nearest whole dollar.
3.	Journalize the summary transactions (a) through (d). Refer to the Chart of Accounts for exact wording of account titles.
4.	Determine the ending balance in Raw and In Process Inventory and Finished Goods Inventory.
5.	How does the accounting in a lean environment differ from traditional accounting?

Answer 1