Manufacturing accounts | Basics for CSEC and CAPE

In this video I discuss the basics of manufacturing accounts including the following (you can click on the times to go to that part of the video):

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00:20 - There is no one format for the manufacturing account
01:20 - Warm-up questions/context
01:43 - Why we construct a manufacturing account
02:37 - What are the costs involved in manufacturing
03:44 - An overview of the manufacturing accounts (basic items - materials, labour and overhead)
05:39 - Direct costs/Prime costs
06:15 - Indirect costs/Overheads
07:29 - Why we call indirect costs "overheads"
08:26 - manufacturing account version 2 - more details
09:25 - Other direct costs?
10:36 - Indirect materials
11:40 - Indirect labour
13:14 - Calculation of cost of (direct/raw) materials consumed (version 1)
15:23 - Calculation of cost of (direct/raw) materials consumed (version 2)
17:09 - Example of manufacturing account with all details so far
19:30 - Example of splitting expense items between manufacturing account and income statement
22:33 - Work in process - What is it? Where does it go? Why does it go there?
27:20 - final example with all details
30:10 - Final words

This link has a pdf that shows what items should be classified as direct and which should be classified as indirect.
https://icmai.in/upload/CASB/CAS_9.pdf

I will do a video with solutions to some Manufacturing account questions and upload it.

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There are errors in some of the solutions which I am slowly fixing when they are brought to my attention.

As I mention in this (and many other videos) we all make mistakes :-)

It is important to learn from these mistakes as we move forward.

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Remember,
you can be anything you want to be,
you can do anything you want to do,
if you have the correct mindset,
and put in the WORK.

Along the way you're bound to struggle and make mistakes.
This is a normal part of the process do not run from it.
This is where the learning and growth take place.

And, if what you're doing isn't working,
then you need to try

A
Different
Approach
To it

ADApT

Because change is the only constant.

Thanks very much for watching!

Please feel free to leave any questions in the comments section below :)

Chris ^_^

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