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Alternative costing principles

Modern production environments

1.1 Changes to production costs

Manufacturers are changing the way that they produce and using more machinery
and computers, and less labour. This has a profound impact on the nature of their
production costs.

 Increased complexity of operation.

 Increased percentage of overhead costs.

 Reduced significance of labour.

 Less volume related costs.

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