Labor Cost Cutting Strategy In a sluggish economy‚ it is more important than ever for businesses to cut costs. Knowing how to reduce the cost of paying employees without reducing product quality‚ dropping employee morale or otherwise sacrificing the way you do business can be the difference between being in the red or the black at the end of the year. Stop the Overtime * Don’t pay overtime unless it is absolutely necessary. Remember that you must pay non-exempt employees 1 1/2 times their
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Opportunity Cost Lets start with a small introduction to the topic Opportunity Cost. Opportunity cost is the cost of any activity measured in terms of the value of the next best alternative forgone (that is not chosen). It is the sacrifice related to the second best choice available to someone‚ or group‚ who has picked among several mutually exclusive choices. The opportunity cost is also the "cost" (as a lost benefit) of the forgone products after making a choice. Opportunity cost is a
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Cost Classifications and Estimation 2.0 Introduction Cost classification may be defined as ‘the arrangement of cost items in a logical sequence having regard to their nature and purpose to be fulfilled’. The term cost must be qualified when in use in order that its precise meaning is established in a particular situation; however‚ cost refers to the amount of resources that have been diverted from other uses or sacrificed so as to achieve the desired objective. But the term is used to refer to
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Opportunity Cost Scarcity of resources is one of the more basic concepts of economics. Scarcity necessitates trade-offs‚ and trade-offs result in an opportunity cost. While the cost of a good or service often is thought of in monetary terms‚ the opportunity cost of a decision is based on what must be given up (the next best alternative) as a result of the decision. Any decision that involves a choice between two or more options has an opportunity cost. Opportunity cost contrasts to accounting cost in
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through higher education‚ but sometimes I find myself wondering: Do the benefits of college still outweigh the costs? I want to say that college will always outweigh the cost‚ but I have no facts to support my opinion. With this paper‚ I have set out to prove or disprove my opinion. I will do so by researching three main topics. I will find the pros and cons of gaining a higher education‚ the statistical facts about the costs and debts gained and the possible ability to repay in a timely manner‚ and
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Managing Cost of Quality: Insight into Industry Practice Andrea Schiffauerova *‚ Vince Thomson ** * École Polytechnique de Montréal‚ Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering‚ Montreal ** Department of Mechanical Engineering‚ McGill University‚ Montreal‚ Canada Article Reference: Schiffauerova‚ A. and Thomson‚ V.‚ “Managing cost of quality: Insight into industry practice”‚ The TQM Magazine‚ 2006 Abstract This paper reports on the study of the quality costing practices at four large
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Unemployment What is unemployment cost ? Unemployment is well as something bad ‚ most economist agree that high levels of unemployment are costly not only to a person directly affected but also as the economy as a whole. Some economist are convincing themselves that there is a certain level of unemployment that we can not erased. Elevated unemployment imposes significant cost on someone‚ the society and the county. The cost of unemployment to the individual is not something
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of the more basic concepts of economics. Scarcity needs trade-offs‚ and trade-offs result in an opportunity cost. While the cost of a good or service often is thought of in monetary terms‚ the opportunity cost of a decision is based on what must be given up as a result of the decision. Any decision that involves a choice between two or more options has an opportunity cost. Opportunity cost‚ scarcity and trade-off are important in our daily life because it affects us every day in different ways and
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relationships‚ costs and rewards play an influential role in our decision making process‚ where we determine whether we are going to continue engaging in a relationship or choose to terminate it‚ as explained in Doctor Lobel’s lecture on close relationships. This is a component of the social exchange theory that suggests humans are rational beings who evaluate each of their relationship’s worth based on an analysis of benefits and disadvantages. In the bigger picture‚ the theory of a cost-reward system
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Sunk Cost-cost that has already been incurred and cannot be avoided no matter what a manager decides to do. A business segment should only be dropped if a company can avoid more in fixed costs than it loses in: contribution margin Which of the following techniques describe how a bottleneck should be managed: Find ways to increase the capacity of the bottleneck‚ ensure there is minimal lost time at the bottleneck due to breakdowns and set-ups‚ focus business process improvement efforts on the bottleneck
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