Terms distinguished
i) Sunk cost (historical cost) is a cost that has already been incurred e.g. depreciation and
research costs, and as such a sunk cost is irrelevant for decision making. On the other hand,
opportunity cost is the benefit sacrificed when a certain course of action is preferred or taken
over the next best alternative e.g. a firm may lose profit from product X if it chooses to
manufacture product Y over product X. Opportunity cost is relevant for decision making.
ii) Cost cent res are departments that add to the cost of an organization but only indirectly add to
the profit of the firm e.g. research and development, marketing, customer service. Profit
centres are parts of a firm that directly add to its profit. It is a section of a firm treated as a
separate business.
iii) Direct lab our cost is cost of lab our that can be traced to the making of a product e.g. wages
paid to a machine operator. Indirect lab our cost on the other hand is cost of lab our that is
incurred in production but cannot be traced to the making of a product e.g. supervisor's salary
iv) Prime cost is the primary costs of production. It is the sum total of direct materials, direct
lab our and direct expenses incurred by manufacturing firms. Manufacturing overheads (or
production/factory overheads) are all the expenses incurred in the production of goods but
cannot be traced to a specific unit e.g. indirect materials (packaging), indirect lab our
(supervisor's salary) and other indirect expenses (rent, lighting, depreciation).
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