In What Ways Has Technology Been Misapplied  in the Third

question 26

Essay

In what ways has technology been misapplied  in the Third World countries ? What has resulted from these miscalculations?

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Definitions:

Manufacturing Overhead Rate

The ratio of manufacturing overhead costs to the base used for allocating these costs, typically used to assign overhead costs to products.

Machine Hours

A measure of the total time a machine operates, often used as a basis for allocating manufacturing overhead costs in production.

Overapplied Overhead

A situation where the allocated manufacturing overhead cost exceeds the actual manufacturing overhead cost incurred.

Underapplied Overhead

Occurs when the allocated factory overhead costs are less than the actual overhead costs incurred.