Cost Drivers

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This video discusses cost drivers.

A cost driver is an activity that causes costs to occur. Machine hours, direct labor hours, units produced, the number of employees-- all of these things could potentially be a cost driver. If a change in the activity level (e.g., an increase in the number of sandwiches made by a restaurant) leads to a change in costs (e.g., an increase in the cost of bread for the restaurant), then the activity is a cost driver. Thus, there is a cause-and-effect relationship between the activity and costs.

Some companies use a single cost driver to allocate manufacturing overhead. However, companies often have many cost drivers. Activity-based Costing was developed in the 1980's to better measure costs by taking multiple cost drivers into consideration.

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I have learned more in 2 minutes than I have in 3 hours of my pre-recorded lectures

paulinak
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Appreciate the simple straight forward explanation!

MyFinancialFocus
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Thank you so much! You explain better than my $150 book.

alondraorozco
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Very good explanation on cost driver & pointed out why should use activity based costing instead of traditional costing

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simple and effective presentation!
Thanks a lot

amrmagdy
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If i would know you have such a great content, i wouldn't go to university

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Can I know, which device you used in making this video ?

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My text book says that under the ABC costing system, labour hours are not a cost driver:
Which of the following would not be considered a cost driver under the activity-based costing (ABC) system? - I selected Direct Labour Hours and it was wrong.

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