Cost to purchase basic raw material for the manufacturing of product is called the raw material cost like in cost of wood in furniture etc.
raw material cost variable cost because it change with volume of product i.e. the more you produce the more you have to purchase for raw material. Fixed cost are never change with changing in volume.Raw Material Cost is variable cost
work in progress means the raw materials which are kept processing but not yet finished,it excludes the opening stock of raw materials and closing stock of finished goods its value is higher than raw material but significantly low as cost of finished goods
Direct material cost is that cost of material which is used to manufacture goods like wood for furniture etc.
examples of fixed cost factory are salary, rent, electricity bills while variable cost are purchase of raw materials,
Prime cost is that cost component without which no production is possible while conversion cost is that cost which required to convert raw materials into finished goods like direct labor and overhead costs.
The good becomes more expensive to produce
Some of the raw products needed to make PVC pipe include ethylene, chlorine, sodium hydroxide, and hydrogen. The cost of these raw materials fluctuates widely.
Raw materials is the only variable cost in the above options.
Sales and comssion on other categories
an increase in the cost of raw materials
raw material cost variable cost because it change with volume of product i.e. the more you produce the more you have to purchase for raw material. Fixed cost are never change with changing in volume.Raw Material Cost is variable cost
Demand, cost of raw materials and competition
Because they (the raw materials) have been processed and then manufactured into consumer products. And those two actions require cost and other machines to turn it into a product.
The good becomes more expensive to produce.
Raw materials
Materials(the cost of the raw materials used in the product) Labour(the cost in employing workers to manufacture the product) Transportation(the costs associated with both the transportation of the materials and of the finished product)
work in progress means the raw materials which are kept processing but not yet finished,it excludes the opening stock of raw materials and closing stock of finished goods its value is higher than raw material but significantly low as cost of finished goods