As Plant Controller, you are trying to determine which costs over

As Plant Controller, you are trying to determine which costs over which you have the most control on a day to day basis. Your goal is to achieve better profitability. The Plant Operations Manager suggests that overhead is the easiest area to directly reduce costs. Which of the following items would be classified as manufacturing overhead?
A. General corporate liability insurance
B. Factory janitor
C. The western division’s vice president’s salary
D. Cost of landscaping the corporate office

 

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