1 Producing departments :
a. Units of output (if only one kind of output)
b. Direct labor hours
c. Direct machine hours
d. Direct labor dollars
e. Raw material units consumed
f. Process time
2 Service departments:
a. Repair and maintenance-direct repair hours
b. Power department-kilowatt hours delivered
c. Purchases department-net purchase dollars
d. General factory administration-total direct labor hours or number of employees in the factory