Indirect labor is part of overhead costs and included in total product cost.
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Direct labor are not part of overhead costs and shown separately while indirect labor are part of overhead costs and included in overhead cost because those labor cannot be allocated separately or identifiable separately.
Overhead refers to the cost of a business in a particular period. Specifically, overhead points to fixed and indirect costs. They are non-labor costs. Non-labor costs are variable or fixed. Rent and salaries are examples of fixed costs. Advertising and supplies are variable costs.
Direct labor cost is that labor which directly related with manufacturing of products like machine workers etc while indirect labor cost is that labor cost which directly not manufacturing product but required as well like line mangers or factory supervisors salary etc.
Indirect labor is part of overhead costs and included in total product cost.
Indirect labor
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Prime cost = direct materials + direct laborwhile conversion cost = direct labor + factory overhead( which includes indirect materials, indirect labor and other indirect costs
Direct labor are not part of overhead costs and shown separately while indirect labor are part of overhead costs and included in overhead cost because those labor cannot be allocated separately or identifiable separately.
Overhead refers to the cost of a business in a particular period. Specifically, overhead points to fixed and indirect costs. They are non-labor costs. Non-labor costs are variable or fixed. Rent and salaries are examples of fixed costs. Advertising and supplies are variable costs.
Direct labor cost is that labor which directly related with manufacturing of products like machine workers etc while indirect labor cost is that labor cost which directly not manufacturing product but required as well like line mangers or factory supervisors salary etc.
Indirect costs(salaries, materials not directly involved in manufacturing), period costs(selling and admin costs)
Manufacturing Cost: There are three major component of manufacturing cost.Such as : DIRECT Material: those material s that become an integral part of the product and that can be conveniently traced directly to it. Direct Labor:- those labor costs that can be easily traced to individual units of product. Manufacturing Overhead: Manufacturing costs that can not be traced directly to specific unit product.Example indirect materials,indirect labor. Indirect Labor: Wages paid to employees who are not directly involved in production:work. Example:-maintenance worker janitors and security grads. Indirect Materials: Materials used to support the production process. Example:- Lubricants and clearing supplies used in the automobile assembly plant.
If indirect labor change with the change of units of product then indirect labor is a variable cost. If change in the quantity of units has no impact on indirect labor cost then it is a fixed cost.
Would overhead include indirect materials and indirect labor?
Indirect labour costs are not connected to the units of output so are classed as overheads these are connected to managers, secretaries, accountants and admin staff. So overheads are classed as total indirect costs because they will only be classed as prime costs if they where connected to the production of units of output Thanks Andrew Swift