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Direct material cost is the cost of the raw materials and components used to create a product. The materials must be easily identifiable with the resulting product (otherwise they are considered to be joint costs). The direct material cost is one of the few variable costs involved in the production process; as such, it is used in the derivation of throughput from production processes. Throughput is sales minus all totally variable expenses. Examples of direct materials are: 1  The timber used to construct a house. 2  The steel included in an automobile. 3  The circuit board included in a radio. 4  The fabric used to assemble clothing.
Answers: 1. Direct costs are direct materials, direct labor, and other costs directly assignable to a product. Direct costing or variable costing is a procedure by which only prime costs plus variable factory overhead are assignable to a product or inventory; all fixed costs are considered period costs. 2.ariable selling and Administrative expenses $3 Fixed costs per year: Fixed manufacturing overhead $30,000 Fixed selling and administrative expenses $10,000 Required: 1. Compute the unit product cost under absorption costing method.