This exercise continues the Lawlor Lawn Service, Inc., situation from Exercise 15-34 of Chapter 15. Lawlor is considering manufacturing a weed eater. Lawlor expects to incur the following manufacturing costs:

Shaft and handle of weed eater.

Motor of weed eater

Factory labor for workers assembling weed eaters

Nylon thread used by the weed eater (not traced to the job by Lawlor).

Glue to hold housing together

Plant janitorial wages

Depreciation on factory equipment

Rent on plant

Sales commission expense.

Administrative salaries

Plant utilities

Shipping costs to deliver finished weed eaters to customers.

Requirement

1. Classify each cost as either direct materials, direct labor, factory overhead, or period costs.