The first step in preparing a cost of production report is to compute equivalent units of production.

Cost Of Production Report

A report prepared periodically by a processing department, summarizing (1) the units for which the department is accountable and the disposition of those units and (2) the costs incurred by the department and the allocation of those costs between completed and incomplete production.

Equivalent Units

A concept in process costing that converts partially completed units into an equivalent number of fully completed units to measure output in a consistent way.