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Abhi rana)2. elements of cost and costing
1. J.N. GOVT. ENGG. COLLEGE
SUNDERNAGAR
Presentation
Mill Management and
Maintenance
TE-704
ABHISHEK RANA
10BTD5090001
Textile Engineering
Costing
2. Cost
It may be defined as the monetary value of all sacrifices made to
achieve an objective (i.e., to produce goods and services)
3. The Meaning of “Cost”
Cost
The sacrifice made, usually
measured by the resources given
up to achieve a particular
purpose.
Product Cost
The cost assigned to goods that
were either purchased or
manufactured for resale.
Period Cost
Costs that are identified with the
period in which they are incurred.
4. Costing
Costing is simply cost finding.
It may be defined as “the technique and processes of ascertaining
costs.”
Costing is classifying, recording and appropriate allocation of
expenditure for the cost determination of the product or services.
5. Elements of Cost
Elements of Cost
There are major
three elements of
cost.
Material Cost
Commodities supplied
to undertaking.
Labour
The cost of paying
employees includes
salaries, bonus etc.
Expenses
Costs other than
material & labour
6. Elements of Cost
Elements of
Cost
Material
Direct Material
Indirect
Material
Labour
Direct labour
Indirect labour
Expenses
Direct
Expenses
Indirect
Expenses
7. Material
Cost of commodities supplied to an undertaking.
Direct Material
Generally becomes a part of finished product. E.g., fiber for spinning
mill, sugarcane of sugar factory etc.
Indirect Material
Necessary in production process but not become integral part of the
product. E.g., oil, grease, sand paper etc.
8. Labour
Cost of remuneration (expenses on wages) includes salaries,
bonuses.
Direct Labour
Wages paid to employees engage in converting raw material into
finished product. E.g., sider.
Indirect Labour
Wages paid to employees those who are not engage in production
process. E.g., security guards.
9. Expenses
All the cost other than material and labour are termed as expenses.
Direct Expenses
Expenses which are specifically incurred on particular job/product.
e.g., power, design cost, etc.
Indirect Expenses
All the indirect cost other than indirect material and indirect labour are
termed as indirect expenses.
e.g., telephone bill, rent, insurance, etc.
13. Overheads Classification
Factory / Work Overheads
Consists of all overhead costs incurred from the stage of procurement
of material till the production of finished goods.
Indirect material such as consumable stores, cotton waste, oils and
lubricants, stationary material etc.
Indirect labour cost such as wages paid to foreman/shopkeeper,
salary of workers, manager, accountant/personnel department
salaries etc.
Indirect expenses cost such as carriage inward cost, factory
lightening/power expenses, rent/insurance/repairs for factory
building/machinery, depreciation on factory.
14. Selling and Distribution Overheads
These overheads consist of all overhead cost incurred from the stage
of final manufacturing of finished till the stage of sale of goods in the
market and collection of dues from the customers.
Indirect material such as packaging material, samples etc.
Indirect labour like salaries paid to sales personnel, commission
paid to sales manager.
Indirect expenses like carriage outward, warehouse charges,
advertisements, bad debts , repairs and running of distribution van,
discount offered to customers etc.
15. Classification of Expenses
Prime cost
• A Direct material
• Direct labour
• Direct expenses
Work or factory cost
i.e., A + B
• B Works Expenses
• indirect materials
• indirect labour
• rent & taxes of factory premises, depreciation, repairs,
fuel & power etc.
Office Cost
i.e., A + B + C
or Cost of Production
• C Office Expenses
• office rent, rates stationary, director’s fees etc.
Cost of Sales
i.e., A+ B + C + D
• D Sales staff salaries
• Show room expenses
• Advertising
• Carriage outwards
• Packing
• Bad debts
Selling Price
i.e., A + B+ C+ D+ E
• E Plus profit or minus loss
16. Expenses excluded from Costs
Item of expenses which are apportionment of profit should not form a
part of the costs.
There are:
Income tax
Dividend to share holders
Commissions to partners, managing agents etc.
Capital loss
Interest on capital
Interest paid on debentures
Capital expenses etc.
17. Treatment of Stock
Stocks are generally categorized as:
Raw material
Work-in-progress
Finished goods
Stock of raw materials should be adjusted in order to find out cost of
consumption of raw material.
Value of
raw
material
consumed
Value of
raw
material
consumed
Value of
raw
material
consumed
Value of
raw
material
consumed
= + -
18. Treatment for Semi-finished Goods
Work-in-progress is semi finished goods at the time of finding the
total cost of production.
Work-in-progress consists of
Cost of materials to date
Cost of labour to date
Manufacturing expenses to date
The amount of work-in-progress consumed is excess of opening
balance of work-in-progress over closing work-in-progress.