Direct materials cost

Direct materials cost the cost of direct materials which can be easily identified with the unit of production. For example, the cost of glass is a direct materials cost in light bulb manufacturing.[1]

The manufacture of products or goods requires material as the prime element. In general, these materials are divided into two categories. These categories are direct materials and indirect materials.[2]

Direct materials are also called productive materials, raw materials,[citation needed] raw stock, stores and only materials without any descriptive title.

  1. ^ Lanen, W. N., Anderson, S., Maher, M. W. (2008). Fundamentals of Cost Accounting, McGraw Hill, ISBN 978-0-07-352672-0
  2. ^ Michael R. Kinney, Cecily A. Raiborn, Cost Accounting: Foundation and Evolution, 7th edition