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Direct costs

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186: 67:, direct costs are those for activities or services that benefit specific projects, for example salaries for project staff and materials required for a particular project. Because these activities are easily traced to projects, their costs are usually charged to projects on an item-by-item basis. 75:
are those which are not directly accountable to a cost object (such as a particular project, facility, function or product). These include administration, personnel and security costs. A
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across passenger and freight services. By contrast, some costs are specific to the services, for instance, meals and flight attendants are specific costs of carrying passengers.
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In manufacturing or other non-construction industries, the portion of operating costs which is directly assignable to a specific product or process is a direct cost.
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In construction, the costs of materials, labor, equipment, etc., and all directly involved efforts or expenses for the cost object are direct costs.
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Standard AACE International Recommended Practice No. 10S-90 COST ENGINEERING TERMINOLOGY TCM Framework: General Reference,
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is a cost incurred in the production or delivery of multiple products or product lines. For instance, in
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for a given production process, all, directly attributable to a cost object. Thus by industry:
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Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International, 2010, Pg 35
76: 38: 21: 29:, in accounting, are those costs which are directly accountable to a 197: 217: 8: 158:, published by Profex Publishing Ltd., p. 49 224: 210: 96: 7: 182: 180: 192:This business-related article is a 196:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 14: 184: 156:Procurement and supply workflow 1: 37:. Direct costs may be either 264: 179: 15: 85:economies of scope 65:project management 205: 204: 255: 226: 219: 212: 188: 181: 171: 165: 159: 149: 143: 142: 140: 139: 125: 119: 118: 116: 115: 101: 263: 262: 258: 257: 256: 254: 253: 252: 233: 232: 231: 230: 177: 175: 174: 166: 162: 150: 146: 137: 135: 127: 126: 122: 113: 111: 103: 102: 98: 93: 47:royalty payment 24: 12: 11: 5: 261: 259: 251: 250: 248:Business stubs 245: 235: 234: 229: 228: 221: 214: 206: 203: 202: 189: 173: 172: 160: 144: 120: 95: 94: 92: 89: 81:civil aviation 73:indirect costs 69: 68: 61: 58: 18:Indirect costs 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 260: 249: 246: 244: 241: 240: 238: 227: 222: 220: 215: 213: 208: 207: 201: 199: 195: 190: 187: 183: 178: 169: 164: 161: 157: 153: 148: 145: 134: 130: 129:"Direct Cost" 124: 121: 110: 106: 105:"Direct Cost" 100: 97: 90: 88: 86: 82: 78: 74: 71:By contrast, 66: 62: 59: 56: 55: 54: 52: 51:patent holder 48: 44: 40: 36: 35:specific cost 32: 28: 23: 19: 198:expanding it 191: 176: 167: 163: 155: 147: 136:. Retrieved 133:Investopedia 132: 123: 112:. Retrieved 109:Investopedia 108: 99: 70: 34: 27:Direct costs 26: 25: 31:cost object 243:Accounting 237:Categories 138:2021-11-06 114:2021-11-09 91:References 77:joint cost 22:Joint cost 16:See also: 154:(2016), 43:variable 49:to a 39:fixed 194:stub 152:CIPS 20:and 63:In 41:or 239:: 131:. 107:. 225:e 218:t 211:v 200:. 141:. 117:.

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Indirect costs
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project management
indirect costs
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economies of scope
"Direct Cost"
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