Activity-based costing first assigns costs to products and then uses these product costs to assign costs to manufacturing activities.

Activity-based Costing

A costing methodology that assigns indirect costs to products or services based on the activities that drive those costs, aimed at providing more accurate product costing.

Product Costs

The total costs incurred to create a product, including direct labor, materials, and overhead.

Manufacturing Activities

The set of processes involved in the production of goods, ranging from raw materials handling to the final assembly of products.