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Cost

The cost associated with generating revenue or performing a process; the costs of performing the work. Cost has four dimensions:

  • Fixed Costs = Costs that remain the same despite volume of activities performed, or products or services produced or sold. Fixed costs typically require more time, effort and/or risk to add or remove, and behave like stair-step costs
  • Variable Costs = Costs that vary proportionally with volume of activities performed, or products or services produced or sold. Variable costs behave linearily
  • Economies of Scale = Cost advantages from increase of overall volumes
  • Economies of Scope = Cost advantages from increase of scope of operations; Consider shared services

The following metrics have been identified as strategic and diagnostic metrics for Cost:

Strategic

Diagnostic)

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CO1Supply Chain Costs
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CO11Cost of Goods Sold
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CO111Direct Material Costs
CO112Direct Labor Costs
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CO12Distribution Costs
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CO121Order Management Cost
CO122Storage Costs
CO123Handling Costs
CO124Transportation Costs
CO125Export/Import Duties
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CO13Other Operational Expenses
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CO2Customer Acquisition Costs
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CO21Cost per Acquisition

Compare also to other performance Attributes: Adaptability, Asset Efficiency, Dependability, Responsiveness, Sustainability.

Notes

Aggregation of costs may result in Mixed Costs = Costs that behave partially like fixed costs and partially like variable costs.

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IDNameLevelx
COCost0CO
CO1Supply Chain Costs1CO1
CO2Customer Acquisition Costs1CO2
Cost 40000 0 Performance, Attribute, Metric, Cost, Expense, COGS, Distribution Cost The cost associated with generating revenue or performing a process; the costs of performing the work