EX 18-2 Classifying costs as materials, labor, or factory overhead

Indicate whether the following costs of Colgate-Palmolive Company, a maker of consumer products, would be classified as direct materials cost, direct labor cost, or factory overhead cost:

a. Maintenance supplies
b. Wages of production line employees
c. Depreciation on production machinery
d. Resins for soap and shampoo products
e. Plant manager salary for the Clarksville, Indiana, soap plant
f. Packaging materials
g. Depreciation on the Morristown, Tennessee, toothpaste plant
h. Wages paid to Packaging Department employees
i. Scents and fragrances
j. Salary of process engineers


Answer:
a. Factory overhead cost
b. Direct labor cost
c. Factory overhead cost
d. Direct materials cost
e. Factory overhead cost
f. Direct materials cost
g. Factory overhead cost
h. Direct labor cost
i. Direct materials cost
j. Factory overhead cost