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How do you flex a budget with multiple cost drivers?

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When costs depend on more than one driver (e.g., some overheads vary with machine hours, others with number of orders), flex each cost pool by its own driver at the actual driver level. This activity-based flexing gives a more accurate allowed cost than using a single volume measure, especially where overhead is diverse.
Real-world example Setup costs flex with the number of production runs while power flexes with machine hours.

Common follow-ups: Why use multiple drivers? | How does this relate to activity-based costing?

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