Spirit Freightways is a leader in transporting agricultural products in the western provinces of Canada. Reese Brown, a financial analyst at Spirit Freightways, is studying the behav- ior of transportation costs for budgeting purposes. Transportation costs at Spirit are of two types: (a) operating costs (such as labor and fuel) and (b) maintenance costs (primarily overhaul of vehicles). Brown gathers monthly data on each type of cost, as well as the total freight miles traveled by Spirit vehicles in each month. The data collected are shown below (all in thousands): ITI Month Operating Costs $ 942 Maintenance Costs Freight Miles $ 974 January February March 1,710 1,008 776 2,655 1,218 686 2,705 April May 1,380 694 4,220 1,484 588 4,660 June 1,548 422 4,455 1,568 352 July August September 4,435 1,972 420 4,990 1,190 564 2,990 October 788 1,302 962 2,610 November 762 2,240 December 772 1,028 1,490

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In cost accounting, overhead refers to those expenses which occur during the operating of a business. Overhead includes the fixed, variable, or semi-variable which is not directly involved with a company product or service. It is very important to analyze overhead expense as it helps the company in determining how much a company must charge for its products and services so that they can generate profit.  Overhead expenses depend upon the nature of the business operations.