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Ch15 IndirectStand
Indirect and
Expense Labor
Standards
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Ch.15 – INDIRECT AND
EXPENSE LABOR STANDARDS
Key Points:
• Use time studies and PTS to establish
standards for predictable indirect labor
• Use slots to establish standards for
unpredictable indirect and expense labor
• Use work sampling to establish standards for
profession expense labor
• Use queuing theory to find waiting times
• Use Monte Carlo simulation to find delays
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15.1 Indirect and Expense
Labor Standards
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15.2 Standard Indirect and
Expense Labor Data
Universal Indirect Labor Standards
1) Determine the number of standards
(groups or slots) to do a good job (~20)
2) Determine the numerical standard
representative of each group of
operations contained in each slot
3) Assign the standard to the appropriate
slot of indirect labor work as it occurs
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15.3 Professional Performance
Standards
Ex. Director of Personnel Administration
1) Establish means for identifying quantity/ quality
of company’s human resources
2) Establish procedure for attracting, employing,
retaining employees
3) Establish policies, programs, practices the
facilitate achieving departmental objectives and
maintain morale
4) Administer/maintain company’s benefits program
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Ch. 15 Summary
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