What Are the Utilities Created by Marketing Intermediaries? Describe Each

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Essay

What are the utilities created by marketing intermediaries? Describe each one.

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Definitions:

Predetermined Overhead Rate

A rate used to allocate manufacturing overhead costs to produced goods, based on estimated costs and activity levels.

Direct Labor-Hours

A measure of the actual labor time spent on producing goods, often used to allocate manufacturing overhead to products.

Plantwide Predetermined Rate

A single overhead absorption rate calculated for an entire manufacturing plant, used to allocate manufacturing overhead to individual products.

Machine-Hours

A measure of production time, indicated by the number of hours machines are operating in the manufacturing process.