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Variable Costs
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A cost element that varies directly with the amount of product or service produced by an activity or cost. Variable costs go to zero if the activity stops
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6SixSigSigma
VARIABLE MANUFACTURING COST: Those operational costs that vary with the production volume in contrast to fixed costs that are independent of production volume.
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Silcon Beach Training
Related terms
Activity Based Costing (ABC)
Independent Variable
Dependent Variable
Random Variable
Background Variables