The high-low method is used in cost accounting to estimate fixed and variable costs based on a business's highest and lowest levels of activity. By focusing on these extremes, the high-low method ...

Important metrics for every business manager are the breakeven sales price and total operating costs. They are benchmarks that need constant attention to improve productivity and control or reduce ...

Every business has fixed costs, which play roles in determining break-even points. Businesses also have variable costs, which make finding the actual break-even point more difficult than in ...

Fixed expenses are easier to plan around because they stay the same from one month to the next. Variable expenses, on the other hand, are less predictable. Understanding both types and how they impact ...

Last month, we discussed various pricing methods, and how aggressive pricing models do not necessarily generate operating losses if one controls costs in sync with aggressive pricing to generate a ...

There are many costs associated with running a business, but all of those costs don’t fall into the same bucket. One type is overhead costs, which are expenses not tied directly to the production of a ...

One of the most important and challenging aspects of the bidding process is including the cost of machine usage. Many construction companies struggle to determine whether they should be including just ...