Both job order and process cost accounting use equivalent units of production to determine costs.

Equivalent Units

Equivalent units are a concept in cost accounting used to allocate costs to partially completed goods, treating them as if they were a certain number of fully completed units.

Job Order

A custom or production order that specifies the details for manufacturing a certain product or products for a customer.

Process Cost

The cost associated with a production process, allocated to products based on the process they go through rather than being directly traced to the product itself.