Resources
BNET Business Dictionary
- Unit Cost
- the cost to a company of producing one item that it markets
- Unit Cost definition on BNET »
- sort by:
- Relevance
- Date
- Popularity
- Direct Marketing Analysis
- Use this template to run the numbers on a direct marketing campaign. It includes a breakdown of gross margin of the product being sold, the cost of the direct mail piece, and an analysis of the profit. For some mailings, you may know the total cost of each mail unit...
- Tools & templates 2007-09-01
- The Commercial Prospects for Tidal Stream Power
- This paper is based on a conceptual design developed by IT Power Ltd ITP for a proposed demonstration scheme near Lynmouth. ITP extended this concept to a notional 1 MW baseline unit as part of the study and produced cost and energy output estimates for schemes with different numbers of...
- White papers 2001-08-31
- Driving Down the Cost of Consumer Payment Processing
- Payment processing operations whether internal or outsourced must continually invest in maintaining the technology required to deliver maximum unit productivity at minimum unit cost. It is also becoming increasingly obvious that investments in hardware, software and expertise related to accounts receivable check ARC conversion, Check 21, online bill payment and...
- White papers 2005-01-29
- Worldwide Analysis of Marine Oil Spill Cleanup Cost Factors
- Contingency planners, response officials, government agencies, and oil transporters share a keen interest in being able to anticipate oil spill response costs for planning purposes. Oil spill cleanup response costs depend on a variety of factors, most notably, location, oil type, spill size, and cleanup strategy, making it difficult to...
- White papers 2001-02-05
- The Value Of Setup Cost Reduction And Process Improvement For The Economic Production Quantity Model With Defects
- This paper investigates the effect of imperfect yield on economic production quantity decisions. The production system is assumed to produce some time-varying proportion of defective parts which can be repaired at some unit cost. For a general defect rate function, the authors develop results that characterize the optimal run length...
- White papers 2004-11-29
- If National Banks Were Allowed Access to the Real Estate Brokerage Market, Would They Benefit? The Community Choice in Real Estate Act
- The national banks are seeking permission from federal regulators to add real estate brokerage services to their inventory of financial products. This study's objective is to investigate randomly selected, hypothetical combinations of commercial banks acquiring real estate brokerages. Using a simulated Bayesian stochastic cost frontier, this study provides decision makers...
- White papers 2005-01-14
- Quotation Evaluation
- This template can be used to record the details of competing bids for the business and to analyze the unit cost. The template assumes that any discount offered will be taken. Enter data in the template, or print a blank form and fill it out by hand. Shaded cells are...
- Tools & templates 2007-09-01
- Product Costing And Pricing Under Long Term Capacity Commitment
- This white paper discusses about a model that is developed to analyze optimal product costing and pricing decisions when a firm must make long term commitments to some activity resource capacities. The problem is complex because of interactions between the initial capacity choices and adjustments in product costs and prices...
- White papers 2001-07-30
- Mergers
- From the executive summary: ‘The process of merger reduces per unit cost by utilizing excess capacity or spreading fixed costs across more units. Merging may result in each firm filling in the ‘missing pieces’ of their firm with pieces from the other firm.’ The paper discusses the various aspects of...
- Presentations 2003-01-01
- Outsourcing Versus FDI In Industry Equilibrium
- From the executive summary: ‘The paper studies the determinants of the extent of outsourcing and of direct foreign investment in an industry in which producers need specialized components. Potential suppliers must make a relationship-specific investment in order to serve each prospective customer. Such investments are governed by imperfect contracts. A...
- White papers 2002-08-01
- Environmental Objectives For New Product Development Decision-Making
- Organizations that develop new products need to consider many factors related to the environmental impact of their products, including government regulations, consumer preferences, and corporate environmental objectives. To date, such organizations have struggled to find the best way to incorporate environmental issues into new product development decision-making. This paper compares...
- White papers 2005-12-19
- Inventory Management
- The article talks about the A-B-C approach of inventory management that can be used to classify inventory items according to some measure of importance. Very often that measure is annual dollar volume, which is the product of unit cost for an item and its annual demand or usage. This approach...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- The Relative Efficacy of Distribution System Inventory Management Across Auto Manufacturers
- Given the size of the automobile industry, and the high per-unit cost of a car in inventory, it would seem that inventory management is an important issue in the automotive industry. Indeed, there has been tremendous anecdotal coverage in the business press regarding automakers' consistent efforts to reduce inventory. Most...
- White papers 2004-04-01
- Lean Transformation
- To achieve lean transformation, a company must be working at the enterprise level where creating value goes beyond identifying better ways to do a distinct job. Waste must be eliminated at all levels through strategic alignment of change efforts that are linked to specific, identifiable needs. The journey is accelerated...
- White papers 2002-01-01
- << Previous
- page 1 of 1
- Next >>
Content Types
Premier Vendor Content Whitepapers, webcasts & resources from our Power Center Sponsors
- Dell: Built to fit your business needs.
-
Powerful, Dell is built to fit your business needs Customized systems, experts trained in small business, 24/7/365 support, and powerful, reliable technology. Dell, big results for small business.
- Learn More >>
- Create new ways to live, work and play with Intel
-
Learn how Intel researchers around the world are developing with tera-scale computing, wireless computing anywhere on earth, advanced exploratory research, and more.
- Learn about new technology that improves every facet of life >>
- THE FUTURE JUST LOST ITS LEAD.
-
We're relentless about invention. Our latest technology includes hafnium-based circuitry, mobile technology for a new generation of MIDs, and 32 nanometer processing.
- Learn more >>


