To further motivate this framework, consider a hypothetical manufacturer that uses chemical A and several other inputs to produce a product for sale. Chemical A can be purchased for $50 per gallon. Unfortunately, the use of Chemical A creates a toxic, regulated by-product that must be disposed of at some cost. The chemical's contribution to the plant's overall disposal costs is not known with precision and, from an accounting standpoint, simply appears as a general facility overhead cost. In other words, the disposal cost is not assigned to the process or product in which is used. How would we use the.
