What is conversion cost?
Conversion cost is the sum of all such costs that are incurred in converting one article into intended output. Mostly, coversion costs represents the costs of all such activities or resources that have been applied in converting raw materials to finished items. In mathematical or equation form conversion costs are forumalated as follows: Conversion cost […]
What is prime cost?
Prime cost is a sum of all the direct costs i.e. prime cost is the aggregate of all such costs that can be traced back to products (cost units) or cost centers. Thus prime cost means sum of direct material costs, direct labour costs and direct expenses. Direct material costs include cost incurred on material […]

