if a product in question has an insignificant cost, it might not be worth the trouble to trace the cost of that item to a particular cost center, and that item would be considered indirect. If the cost of tracing the cost of that item is high in relation to the benefits received from tracing it, the item would likely be considered as indirect material. If the design of the manufacturing process easily permits all the items to be traced to a single type of cost center, then it would be easy for a company to consider that material to be direct. Overall, the direct/indirect classification is decided on a cost/benefit basis. In your response to this discussion, state why is it possible that a raw material such as glue might be considered as an indirect material for one furniture manufacturer and as a direct material for another furniture manufacture? Also for this discussion, what are the differences between direct costs and indirect costs? Give an example of each.