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You want to discover who made the comforter on your bed. You notice that one tag says, "Made in the USA from imported materials" and another tag says, "Shell made in China." Eventually, you discover that the cotton for your comforter was grown in Egypt, the thread made in Thailand, the shell woven in China, and the down harvested in South America, before the comforter was assembled in the United States. What is this an example of?


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Process Costing Method

An accounting methodology used to allocate production costs to products based on the process they undergo, typically in industries where goods are produced in a continuous fashion.

Equivalent Units

A concept used in cost accounting to express the amount of materials, labor, or overhead costs in terms of fully completed units of production.

Costs Per Equivalent Unit

The calculation of the cost to produce one standard unit of production, considering work done to date.

Process Costing

A costing method used in manufacturing where costs are assigned to batches or production runs, making it suitable for homogenous products.

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