Product Costs:
Direct Material (DM) + Direct Labour (DL) + Manufacturing Overhead (MOH)
Prime Costs
DM + DL
Conversion Costs
DL + MOH
Product Costs
Prime Costs + MOH
Conversion Costs + DM
Direct Materials
traced convenitently to the manufacturing process (DL & DM)
MOH
cannot be traced conviently to a specific products (MOH –> includes portion of raw materials ie Indirect Material & Indirect Labour)