Companies Use Three Common Approaches to Assign Overhead Costs to Products-Plantwide

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Companies use three common approaches to assign overhead costs to products-plantwide overhead rate, departmental overhead rates, and activity-based costing. The most accurate of these three approaches is departmental overhead rates.

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Definitions:

Breakeven Volume

The quantity of goods or services that must be sold to cover fixed and variable costs, resulting in no profit or loss.

Units

A measure of quantity or amount used in the context of production, inventory, or sales within various sectors.

Contribution Margin

The amount by which sales revenue exceeds variable costs of production, contributing to the coverage of fixed costs and profit generation.

Manufacturing Cost

The total expense incurred in the process of producing goods, including materials, labor, and overhead costs.