One of the most common, and useful measures of operational profitability for many organisations is COST per UNIT.
Unfortunately this concept is discussed at higher management levels, but rarely at lower levels.
Lower down we tend to talk about volumes and operating costs in isolation with little reference to each other. This results in the much debated problem of chasing volumes while ignoring costs. The converse also occurs frequently with equally damaging results.
In all organisations at any point in time, there are a number of initiatives under way to improve performance. These may be formal or informal, generated in meetings or in the tea room, part of a company wide Continuous Improvement Drive, products of a suggestion scheme or quality circle, knee-jerk reactions to recent incidents etc.
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