Job costing is when for example a tradesman comes to give you a quote for how much he is willing to do the job/repair that you want to be done, whereas Operating costs are what a buisness has to spend in order to keep functioning, overheads ect.
Job costing or as some may know it, Job order costing is fundamental to managerial accounting. It differs from Process costing in that flow of cost is tracked by job but not a process. The main difference is that Job costing is in the nature of jobs/work and process costing in a process.
outline the characteristics and purpose of: Job costing and process costing
Under JOB COSTING all costs relevant to specific jobs are maintained separately to find out the total cost and revenue. Under BATCH COSTING all costs are allocated to production process in batch and there is no separate record for how much any type of material or labor allocated to which units of products normally in mass productions units.
Methods of Costing The cost of products or services is determined using several methods. The use of a given method is dictated by such factors as: the nature of cost units, the production process, the mode of cost accumulation, the duration of work etc. The following are the well established methods of costing a. Job / Batch costing b. Contract costing c. Process costing d. Service costing Techniques of Costing Irrespective of the type of costing method being applied there are various approaches that could be adopted. These are:  Full Absorption costing  Marginal costing  standard costing using  absorption costing  marginal costing
job costing refers to very small work while contract costing refers to large work like building a bridge.
Job costing is when for example a tradesman comes to give you a quote for how much he is willing to do the job/repair that you want to be done, whereas Operating costs are what a buisness has to spend in order to keep functioning, overheads ect.
Job costing or as some may know it, Job order costing is fundamental to managerial accounting. It differs from Process costing in that flow of cost is tracked by job but not a process. The main difference is that Job costing is in the nature of jobs/work and process costing in a process.
It is when a company set out how much they will put aside for contractors when working out expenses for a job.
a job costing
outline the characteristics and purpose of: Job costing and process costing
Under JOB COSTING all costs relevant to specific jobs are maintained separately to find out the total cost and revenue. Under BATCH COSTING all costs are allocated to production process in batch and there is no separate record for how much any type of material or labor allocated to which units of products normally in mass productions units.
Methods of Costing The cost of products or services is determined using several methods. The use of a given method is dictated by such factors as: the nature of cost units, the production process, the mode of cost accumulation, the duration of work etc. The following are the well established methods of costing a. Job / Batch costing b. Contract costing c. Process costing d. Service costing Techniques of Costing Irrespective of the type of costing method being applied there are various approaches that could be adopted. These are:  Full Absorption costing  Marginal costing  standard costing using  absorption costing  marginal costing
Labour costing. Material costing
what is the purpose of process costing?
Manufacturing companies use job costing.
Job costing characteristics and purpose of it: its purpose is to is to calculate the cost of the materials found in the wastestream based on purchase price of materials. Please assist me with further characteristics and purpose of job costing and process costing to this extent.