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DIRECT PRODUCTIVE LABOR [2 records]

Record 1 2017-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
  • Production (Economics)
  • Industries - General
DEF

Workers directly engaged in or identified with the process of converting materials into finished products.

Key term(s)
  • productive labour
  • direct productive labour

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
  • Production (Économie)
  • Industries - Généralités
DEF

Main-d'œuvre employée dans une usine pour transformer des matières qui font partie intégrante d'un produit.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trabajo y empleo
  • Producción (Economía)
  • Industrias - Generalidades
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Record 2 2014-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
CONT

Direct productive labour is the payroll cost component of manufacturing attributable, in accounting terms, to material transformation performed on produces manufactured for sale.

Key term(s)
  • direct productive labor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)

Spanish

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