unit costs
Price per piece
Unit costs are the expenses incurred to produce, store, or sell one unit of a product or service.
Businesses track unit costs to set prices and measure efficiency: Our unit costs dropped after we automated the assembly line.
The term appears in manufacturing, retail, and accounting contexts, often alongside discussions of economies of scale.
Added percentage for profit
- profit marginRevenue exceeding costs ratio
- selling priceWhat an item costs
- break-evenNo net gain
- wholesale pricePre-retail bulk rate
retail price · list price · price point · competitive pricing · contribution margin · gross margin · surcharge · discount
Decreasing material for disposal
- process improvementEnhancing operational efficiency systematically
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
- automationSelf-operating system design
- benchmarkingMeasuring against top performers
continuous improvement · kaizen · value engineering · productivity · standardization · operational efficiency
Cost advantages from size
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- run rateSpeed of accumulating points
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- capacity utilizationProduction as proportion available
markup
Added percentage for profit
- profit marginRevenue exceeding costs ratio
- selling priceWhat an item costs
- break-evenNo net gain
wholesale price · retail price · list price · price point · competitive pricing · contribution margin · gross margin · surcharge · discount · premium pricing
waste reduction
Decreasing material for disposal
- process improvementEnhancing operational efficiency systematically
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
- automationSelf-operating system design
benchmarking · continuous improvement · kaizen · value engineering · productivity · standardization · operational efficiency
economies of scale
Cost advantages from size
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- run rateSpeed of accumulating points
- yieldProduce or relinquish
overhead
Located directly above
- ledgerFinancial record book
- expense trackingRecording what you spend
unit costsbulk pricing
Discounts for large quantities
volume pricing · wholesale pricing · quantity discounts · volume discounts · tiered pricing
unit costsfixed costs
Expenses unchanged by output
overhead costs · sunk costs · indirect costs · administrative costs
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