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The distribution of manufacturing overhead costs to individual product unit, or production batches generally, requires a base or a cost driver, to which reference a rate, known as material burden rate applies. Material burden is the amount of manufacturing overhead costs that a unit of the base carries.
That is, total overhead cost is highly correlated with the total amount of production material used. If total overhead cost is $10,000 and the dollar amount of production material used for all products is $50,000, calculate the overhead cost per material dollar as $10,000/$50,000 = $0.20 per material dollar.Step 2. Determine the amount of cost driver used in each unit of a product.Under the traditional method of overhead cost allocation, the business allocates the overhead cost indistinguishably based on the dollar amount of the production material consumed.tep 2. Determine the amount of cost driver used in each unit of a product. Under the traditional method of overhead cost allocation, the business allocates the overhead cost indistinguishably based on the dollar amount of the production material consumed.