Fundamentals of Cost Accounting
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ISBN: 9781259565403
Author: William N. Lanen Professor, Shannon Anderson Associate Professor, Michael W Maher
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 8, Problem 1RQ
What are the characteristics of industries most likely to use
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Determine the characteristics of industries that are most likely to use process costing.
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Process costing:
Process costing is used to describe one of the methods of collecting and assigning manufacturing costs. Process costing is used to assign the cost of those products that are produced in identical units or are produced in large number.
The characteristics of industries that are most likely to use process costing:
- Industries that produce products which are homogenous in nature use process costing for the determination of manufacturing costs.
- Examples of such industries are oil refining, production of chemicals and processed food.
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