Sunday, March 4, 2012

UNANSWERED WORDS, ALPTUĞ ÖZEL, 503111302, 1st WEEK, 04.03.2012

Direct labor (past)
Direct labor associated with the production process or commodity. It engaged in the maintenance, supervision. Direct labor engaged in inspection, quality control analysis.
(K.C. Arora, Production and Operations Management, pg:977)

Direct labor (new) (better) (group: accounting)

Direct labor is the cost of productive time of personnel classified as direct labor employees, based on hourly rate paid. Productive time is not limited to labor input that is incorporated in the end product, but is limited to the effort that can be identified with a particular cost objective ( e.g. that of engineers, designers, project administrators, mechanical assemblers). Personnel who are classified as direct are those employees who can properly account for a majority of their direct productive effort and can properly charge a majority of their direct productive effort to cost objectives.

(Rodney D. Stewart, Ann L. Stewart, Proposal Preparation, page 317)


Non-productive labor (past) (better)

The personel involved in indirect-labor activities are categorized as non-productive labor. Indirect-labor activites are generated in servicing of the total manufacturing operation, consisting of such activities as supervision, repair, maintenance, quality control, engineering, research, and sale it also includes the cost of office staff. Because they do not contribute directly to the production of finished parts, or they are not chargeable to a specific product, these costs are referred as overhead and are charged proportionally to products.
(Serope Kalpakjian, Steven R. Schimidt, Manufacturin Engineering and Technology, 5th Edition, pg: 1264)

Non-productive labor (new) (group: accounting)

What they call nonproductive labour- all the people who contribute to production without tending a machine- is a hodgepodge. It includes pre-industrial, low-productivity brawn labour like sweepers; some traditional high-skill labour like maintenance electricians; and industrial high knowledge personnel like foremen, industrial engineers, and quality control experts.

(Peter F. Drucker, Peter Ferdinand Drucker, Management: tasks, responsibilities, practices, page: 63)


Floor to floor time (past) (better)
The direct labor cost is for the labor directly involved in manufacturing. This cost includes all labor from the time raw materials first are handled to time when the product is finished. This period generally is referred to as floor to floor time. For example, a machine operator picks up a round bar from a bin, machines it into the shape of a threaded rod, and places it into another bin.
(Kalpakjian, S., Schmid, S. R., Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, 5th ed., p. 1263)

Floor to floor time (new) (group: production)

Floor to floor time is predetermined and controlled irrespective of the operator. Although a synthetic floor to floor time can be determined for conventional machines, the actual time depends upon the skill, personality, and physical condition of the operator. 
(A.W. Vickers, Machinery and production engineering, page: 977)


Tooling Cost (past) (better)

These are the costs involved in making the tools, dies, molds, patterns, and special jigs and fixtures required for manufacturing a product. High tooling costs may be justified in high-volume production of a single item. The expected life of tools and dies and their obsolescences ( because of product changes ) also are important considerations.

(Kalpakjian S., Schmid S.R.,Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, 5th Edition, pg.1262)

Tooling Cost (new) (group: accounting)

Tooling costs- Initial tooling costs are sometimes treated as an intangible asset, but they are more often considered an element of property, plant, and equipment or, in the case of certain long term contracts, inventory. The design of tools, jigs, molds and dies involving new technology is a R&D cost, which must be expensed as incurred.

(D. R. Carmichael, Lynford Graham, Accountants' Handbook, Eleventh Edition,  page: 119)

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