Fewer materials requisitions are generally required in a process cost system than in a job order cost system.

Materials Requisitions

Documents or requests used within a company to authorize the retrieval or usage of materials from inventory for production purposes.

Process Cost System

An accounting system that accumulates manufacturing costs and then assigns them to a large number of identical or similar units of output, common in continuous manufacturing environments.

Job Order Cost System

An accounting system that accumulates costs for each individual job or batch of goods, tracking direct labor, direct materials, and overhead.