ACCT 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Total Quality Management
GMU ACCOUNTING 203 Lecture 9
Direct Labor
Refers to the efforts of employees who physically convert materials into a finished
product.
Direct Labor costs
The wages and salaries for direct labor that are separately and readily traced
through the manufacturing process to finished goods.
Factory Overhead
Consists of all manufacturing costs that are not direct materials or direct labor.
Factory Overhead costs
CANNOT be separately or readily traced to finished goods. Include indirect
materials and indirect labor.
Prime Costs
Expenditures directly associated with the manufacture of finished goods.
(includes direct materials and direct labor costs).
Conversion costs
Expenditures occurred in the process of converting raw materials into finished
goods. (includes direct labor costs and overhead costs)
Raw materials inventory
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Document Summary
Refers to the efforts of employees who physically convert materials into a finished product. The wages and salaries for direct labor that are separately and readily traced through the manufacturing process to finished goods. Consists of all manufacturing costs that are not direct materials or direct labor. Cannot be separately or readily traced to finished goods. Expenditures directly associated with the manufacture of finished goods. (includes direct materials and direct labor costs). Expenditures occurred in the process of converting raw materials into finished goods. (includes direct labor costs and overhead costs) Refers to the goods a company acquires to use in making products. It uses raw materials in two ways: direct and indirect. direct materials. Other materials used to support production processes and are sometimes not as clearly identified with specific units or batches of product. Consists of products in the process of being manufactured but not yet complete. Similar to merchandise inventory of a merchandising company.