Chapter 3 Flashcards
direct costs
traceable to the cost object
Manufacturing costs that are not traceable
MOH costs and indirect manufacturing costs
job order costing
Used when many different products with individual features are produced each period
job cost sheet
Records the materials, labor, and manufacturing overhead costs charged to a job
indirect costs
not specifically traceable
factory supervision, depreciation, property taxes, and utilities
assigning overhead to jobs
Need it to properly price products, control costs, and to make business decisions
allocation base
Measure such as DLH, DL, MH that is used to assign overhead costs to products and services
cost driver
measure that causes the costs to be incurred
POHR
manufacturing overhead is assigned to products
computed at the beginning of the year
MOH applied
happens throughout the year
Plantwide overhead rate
POHR of an entire factory
Departmental POHR
POHR of differences across departments