EBK CORNERSTONES OF COST MANAGEMENT
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Chapter 15, Problem 18E
Lean manufacturing uses value streams to produce a family of products that require the same manufacturing sequence. Value-stream costing is an approach often used to determine the unit product costs in a lean manufacturing environment. Which of the following best describes how unit costs are calculated using value-stream costing?
- a. Value stream costs divided by units shipped
- b. Value stream costs divided by units produced
- c. (Total prime costs +
overhead costs assigned to the value stream using a plantwide rate) divided by units produced - d. Activity-based costing assignments within the value stream
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