Managers use information from process-costing systems to make pricing and product-mix decisions and understand how well a firm’s processes are performing. FIFO provides managers with information about changes in the costs per unit from one period to the next. Managers can use this data to adjust selling prices based on current conditions (for example, based on the $72 direct material cost and $52 conversion cost in march). The managers can also more easily evaluate the firm’s cost performance relative to either a budget or the previous period (for example, both unit direct materials and conversion costs have declined relative to the prior period). By focusing on the work done and the costs of work done during the current period, the FIFO method provides valuable information for these planning and control purposes.