Definitions for "Work in Process"
The direct material costs, the direct labor costs and the factory overhead costs, that have entered into the manufacturing process but are associated with products that have not been finished.
The cost of partially completed products processed in the service departments, such as a partially completed printing job, or partially completed construction projects sometimes referred to as "work in progress".
Work in process is the set of products in various stages of completion throughout the plant, including raw material that has been released for initial processing, up to the completed processed material awaiting final inspection and acceptance as a finished product. [APIC].