
Concept explainers
Period Cost: The cost incurred after the production is sold is called period cost. It includes shipping, selling and office expenses.
Product Cost: Product cost is the total quantitative value of all the efforts and resources employed in for production. It includes all types of materials and human efforts used by a business.
Direct Materials: At the time of manufacturing, material which is directly related to the finished goods is known as direct material.
Direct Labor: The amount paid to the labors, directly associated with the process of conversion of the raw material into finished goods, is known as direct labor.
Manufacturing
To identify: (a) the total direct material cost, direct labor cost and manufacturing overhead, (b) The cost to produce one audio system.

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