Allocation of overheads over various Departments or Departmentalisation of

different departments in the factory. Where such a division of functions had
been made, some of the departments should be engaged in actual production of goods,
and others in providing services ancillary thereto. At this stage, the factory overheads
which can be directly related to the various production or service departments are
allocated in this manner.
It may, sometime, become necessary to sub-divide a manufacturing organisation into
several cost centres, so that a closer distribution of expenses and a more detailed control
is practicable.