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direct labour variances [1 record]

Record 1 2017-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Cost Accounting
DEF

[The] difference between the standard direct cost and the actual direct labor cost.

OBS

[Direct labour variances are] the sum of the direct labor variance and the direct labor efficiency variance.

Key term(s)
  • direct labour variance
  • direct labor variances
  • direct labor variance
  • direct labor total cost variance
  • total direct labor cost variance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Comptabilité analytique
DEF

Ensemble des écarts sur coûts standard de la main-d'œuvre directe, comprenant l'écart sur taux de main-d'œuvre directe et l'écart sur temps de main-d'œuvre directe, et dont la somme algébrique est égale à la différence entre les coûts standard de la main-d'œuvre directe consommée dans une production donnée.

Key term(s)
  • écart sur coûts de la main-d'oeuvre directe
  • écart sur main-d'oeuvre directe

Spanish

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