Costing is an important subtopic of cost accounting. Standard costs are usually associated with a manufacturing company's costs of direct material, direct labor and manufacturing overhead.
If we assume that a company uses the perpetual inventory system and that it carries all of its inventory accounts at standard cost (including Direct Materials Inventory or Stores), then the standard cost of a finished product is the sum of the standard costs of the inputs:
Direct material
Direct labor
Manufacturing overhead
Variable manufacturing overhead
Fixed manufacturing overhead