1 BY DEFINITION, OVERHEAD CONSISTS OF COSTS TITIES, PRICES, AND SHIP...

3-1 By definition, overhead consists of costs

tities, prices, and shipment dates for goods. The

that cannot practically be traced to products or

sales order forms the basis for the production

order. The production order specifies what is to

jobs. Therefore, if they are to be assigned to

be produced and forms the basis for the job cost

products or jobs, overhead costs must be allo-

cated rather than traced.

sheet. The job cost sheet, in turn, is used to

summarize the various production costs incurred

to complete the job. These costs are entered on