As Productivity in the Manufacturing Sector Increases, the Service Sector

question 89

True/False

As productivity in the manufacturing sector increases, the service sector must keep pace or it will become more expensive in the long run.

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Definitions:

Equivalent Unit

An equivalent unit is a measure used in cost accounting to express the amount of materials or labor necessary to complete a partially finished product, relative to a finished product unit.

Process Costing

A costing method used in manufacturing where costs are assigned to batches or lots of products, suitable for continuous or repetitive processes.

Conversion Costs

Conversion costs are the costs required to convert raw materials into finished products, including both direct labor costs and manufacturing overhead costs.

Equivalent Units

A concept in cost accounting used to express the amount of work done by an incomplete process on units of output, making partial units comparable to complete units.