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An Empirical Analysis of Manufacturing Overhead Cost Drivers

Author
Banker, Rajiv D.; Potter, Gordon S.; Schroeder, Roger G.
Abstract
Empirical validity of the claim that overhead costs are driven not by production volume but by transactions resulting from production complexity is examined using data from 32 manufacturing plants from the electronics, machinery, and automobile components industries. Transactions are measured using number of engineering change orders, number of purchasing and production planning personnel, shop- floor area per part, and number of quality control and improvement personnel. Results indicate a strong positive relation between manufacturing overhead costs and both manufacturing transactions and production volume. Most of the variation in overhead costs, however, is explained by measures of manufacturing transactions, not volume.
Date Issued
1992-04-01Subject
manufacturing overhead; overhead costs; cost drivers; transactions; production complexity
Related DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-4101(94)00372-CRights
Required Publisher Statement: © Elsevier. Final version published as: Banker, R. D., Potter, G., & Schroeder, R. G. (1995). An empirical analysis of manufacturing overhead cost drivers. Journal of Accounting & Economics, 19(1), 115–137. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.
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article