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OPERATING COST : INTRODUCTION

Guided by:
Prepared by: Dr. Vedant Pandya
Disha Salot

Submitted to:
Department Of Business Administration
M.K.B.U. , Bhavnagar.
 Meaning of cost :

 Meaning of costing

 Meaning of cost accounting


INTRODUCTION OF OPERATING COST

 Associated with manufacturing companies.

 Modern time, associated with service industries


also

 ascertainment of cost of rendering services.

 cost unit used is a double unit


Meaning / definition of Operating Cost

 Cost of rendering or providing a service.

 Service costing

 Definition :
By CIMA
By ICWA ( cost accounting standard 1)
Features of operating costing

 Uniform service
 Two types of costs
 Classification of cost
 No physical stock
 Authentic documents
 Rendering service
 Method
APPLICATION OF OPERATING
COSTING
 TRANSPORT SERVICE
(Ex : Truck operators, road transport, Railways,
Airlines, etc.)

 SUPPLY SERVICE
( Ex: electricity, steam, gas, water,etc.)

 WELFARE SERVICE
( Ex : Restaurant, Housekeeping, Laundry,etc.)
What is Cost Unit ?
 Quantitative unit
 In relation cost measured

COST UNIT

SIMPLE COST UNIT COMPOSITE COST UNIT


EXAMPLES OF SIMPLE COST UNIT
Service Simple Cost Unit
Industries
Passenger Per Kilometer
Transport
Goods Transport Per Kilometer
Road Maintenance Per K.M. of road
maintained
Water Supply Per Kilo Liter of Water
Supplied
Canteen Per Meal / Dish
EXAMPLES OF COMPOSITE COST UNIT

Service Industries Composite Cost Unit


Electricity Per Kilowatt – Hour

Steam, Gas Per K.G. / Cubic Ft.

Hospital Per Patient – Day


Library Per Member – Book
TRANSPORT ORGANIZATION
ELECTRICITY GENERATION
HOTELS & CATEENS

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