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COST UNITS

COSTING: Costing refers to the technique and processes of determining cost of a product manufactured or a service rendered.

Methods of costing: 6.Job

costing. 7.Process costing.

Job costing: Job costing is used where in those business concerns where production is carried out as per specific order and customer specifications.  Batch

costing: Batch costing is based upon the concept of contract costing. Each job is separate and distinct from other jobs or products. Eg: nuts and bolts.

 Contract

or terminal costing: This method of costing is based upon the principles of job costing is used by house builders and civil contractors.

 Multiple

or composite costing: This is used in those industries where the nature of the product is complex. Ex: motor car, airplanes etc.

Process costing: This costing method is used in those industries where production is done continuously such as chemicals, oil, gas papers etc.  Unit

or single out-put costing: the method is used where a single item is produced and the final production is composed of homogeneous units. Ex: spark plug, tube light etc.

 Operating

or service costing: operating costing method is used by the those organizations which render services and do not manufacture any physical items. Ex: transportation, power houses hospitals etc.

 Operation

costing: this method aims at ascertaining the cost of each operation in place of each process. In this method the assumptions is that output is achieved through number of deferent operations

COST UNIT AND METHOD OF COSTING NO

INDUSTRY/ ENTERPRISE

COST UNIT

METHOD OF COSTING

1.

Building

Square foot of area

Job costing

2.

Chemical

Tonne, pound or kilo gram.

Process costing

3.

Cement

Tonne

Process costing

4.

Automobile

No. of units

Process costing

5.

Steel

Tonne

Process costing

6.

Transport

Tonne km, passenger km.

Operating costing

7.

Cable

Meter

Process costing

NO

INDUSTRY/ ENTERPRISE

COST UNIT

METHOD OF COSTING

8.

Gas

Cubic foot or cubic meter

Process costing

9.

Nuts and bolts

Gross or some measure of standard weight

Job costing

10.

Power

Kilo watt per hr. or units

Process costing

11.

Paper

Ream

Process costing

12.

Timber

Cubic foot

Process costing

13.

Brewery

Per dozen bottles or gallon of draught brew

Process costing

14.

Biscuits

Per (WT)

Process costing

NO

INDUSTRY/ ENTERPRISE

COST UNIT

METHOD OF COSTING

15.

Hospital

Per bed/ out patient visit

Operating costing

16.

Case making

Per case

Job costing

17.

Road contractors Per mile/ kilo meter

Job costing

18.

Ice cream

Per gallon

Process costing

19.

Knitted textiles

Per pound/ Kg of fabric

Process costing

20.

Canned fruit

Per dozen cans or per gross cans

Process costing

21.

Soft drinks

Cases of 24 bottles

Process costing

NO

INDUSTRY/ ENTERPRISE

COST UNIT

METHOD OF COSTING

22.

Oil extraction, petro chemicals

Gallon, liters, tonnes.

Process costing

23.

Pharmaceutical

1000 no. tablets, ampulses

Process costing

24.

Machine building

Numbers

Job costing

25.

Readymade garments

Numbers

Batch costing

26.

Aircraft

Numbers

Job costing

27.

Sugar

Tonnes, KGs

Process costing

28.

Furnishing

Each articles by no.

Job costing

NO

INDUSTRY/ ENTERPRISE

COST UNIT

METHOD OF COSTING

29.

Confectionary

Per KG

Process costing

30.

Clothing

Per dozen articles

Process costing

31.

Bicycle manufacturing

Number

Multiple costing

32.

Textile

Meters, yards

Process costing

33.

Flour

Tonnes

Process costing

34.

Parts manufacturing

No. of articles in tens, hundreds, thousands

Process costing

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