There are a handful of websites which deal with manufacturing and costs of specific cellular phones. Two of these include http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r18978878-iPhone-manufacturing-cost and http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2006/tc20060720_211102.htm.
Many cellular subscribers used paging in conjunction with cellular service to mediate costs
There is an app for the ipod called "Phone Tracker SPY PRO:Locate Anyone" and it costs 99 cents
Indirect costs(salaries, materials not directly involved in manufacturing), period costs(selling and admin costs)
The costs of manufacturing costs of fluorescent and incandescent light bulbs are about the same aside from the slight different materials.
manufacturing cost refers to varaiable costs
What arguments are there in favor of treating fixed manufacturing overhead costs as product costs? As period costs?
All manufacturing costs that are assigned to completed (but unsold) products should be classified as
Manufacturing Cost: These are those costs which are directly involved in manufacturing of product or service. It includesDirect MaterialDirect LabourManufacturing OverheadsNon Manufacturing Cost: These are those costs which are not incurred for manufacturing of product. It includesSelling and marketing expencesAdministration expences
Most of the phones are manufactured in China or India because of the lower costs.
The rates for the at&t go phones varies from state to state and country to country, but the cheapest at&t costs between $50 to $75. Most expensive phones costs around $500.
Total Manufacturing, or full costs, are used when top leaders fear that managers will substitute variable costs for full costs, which will then lead to deep price cutting.
Overheads costs are indirect manufacturing costs which are not directly allocatable to units of products.