Allocable means chargeable to one or more cost objectives and can be distributed to them in reasonable proportion to the benefits received. Business unit means any segment of an organization for which cost data are routinely accumulated by the carrier for tracking and measurement purposes. Cost objective means a function, organizational subdivision, contract, or other work unit for which cost data are desired and for which provision is made to accumulate and measure the cost of processes, products, jobs, capitalized projects, etc. Cost pool means groupings of incurred costs identified with two or more cost objectives, but not identified specifically with any final cost objective.
Direct supervision means immediate or first-level supervision.
Directly allocable cost means any cost that is directly chargeable to one or more cost objectives and can be distributed to them in reasonable proportion to the benefits received. Directly assignable cost means any cost that can be wholly attributed to a cost objective. Directly associated cost means any directly assignable cost or directly allocable cost which is generated solely as a result of incurring another cost, and which would not have been incurred had the said cost not been incurred. Final cost objective means a cost objective that has allocated to it, both assignable and allocable costs and, in the carrier's accumulation system, is one of the final accumulation points. Installed or deployed means that, on a specific switching system, equipment, facilities, or services are operable and available for use by the carrier's customers.