BU247 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Capacity Utilization, Fixed Cost
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Product costing systems are important because product volume and mix explain a large percentage of the costs that companies incur. Product costs provide the bridge between operating expenses and production output. If poorly designed product costing systems report inaccurate product costs, companies can make poor decisions on resource supply, product mix, pricing, order acceptance, and customer relationships. Product costing systems start by assigning direct labour and direct materials cost to products. Calculate cost per unit of each material used by a product and the cost per hour of each type of direct labour that processes the product. For each unit of product made, determine quantity of each type of material used and quantity required for each type of labour. Add up all the individual materials and labour costs to obtain the total hour and materials cost of each product unit. Indirect expenses include costs of operating machines, scheduling, quality control, purchasing, maintenance, supervision, and general factory support.
