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Factory cost refers to the total cost required to manufacture goods. This concept is the basis for several cost accounting analyses. Factory costs have traditionally been broken down into the following three categories of cost: Direct materials. This is the cost of those materials directly associated with the construction of goods. It can also include the cost of materials destroyed during the setup and testing of production equipment, as well as a normal amount of scrap.
Divide the $40,000 costs by the 20,000 units produced to get your normal factory overhead cost of $2 per unit. If your actual direct materials are $5 per unit, the actual direct labor is $8 per unit and the normal factor overhead is $2 per unit, it costs you $15 to manufacture one unit.Since your normal costs remain fixed, any unusual price change is the result of higher direct materials or direct labor costs.or example, it takes $2 of direct materials and 4 labor hours at $10 per hour, or $40, to produce one completed unit at $42 per unit. The actual indirect costs are $1 per unit. Your total actual cost per unit is $43. If you produce 10,000 units, your actual manufacturing costs are 10,000 multiplied by $43, or $430,000.