What are the most important costs inherent to our business model?
material cost associated with production
Rental cost of the production facility and retail gallery
Employee payroll
Utility costs(monthly)
Website maintenance
Which Key resources are most expensive?
material for production
Shipment and packing
Rent
Which key activities are most expensive?
Employee pay for production
Sample characteristics:
Fixed Costs -rent, material, employee pay, shipping, website
Variable costs -utilities
Economics of scale
Economics of scope
STUDIO SET UP COST
by Mary Gerlock
Shimpo VL-Whisper pottery wheel- $928.88 Each x4 $3,715.52
12” Diameter brown bat -$4.88 each x 90 $439.20
DRD/ll 24”
w/ 4 spoke handle (direct drive) -$496.00
Optional
upgrade standard round handle -$48.00
DRD/ll
24”-48” Mobile table- $216.00
Extra
Canvas 24”-8’ - $25.60 x2
$811.20
Glaze Formulating Table 20 bins 10 on each side $2,805.00
Allow $2,000.00 for Glaze materials $2,000.00
Pottery Tools
12 Piece potters tool set $28.95 each x 4 $115.80
Mainstays Essentials 4-Piece Set $16.97 $16.97
Trash Cans
Rubbermaid 44-Gallon Gray Outdoor Garbage Can $41.88 x 4 $167.52
Behrens 6 Gallon Silver Indoor/ Outdoor Garbage can
$15.98 x6 $95.88
Work Table
9 - 2"x4"x8'
1 - 24"x48"x1"
1 - 24"x48"x1"
2 1/2 inch screws
wood filler
wood conditioner
Four
homemade tables costs about $300.00
Using 25 IFB- $4850.00
Using 26 IFB- $4985.00
Apple® - MacBook Pro® with Retina Display - 13.3" Display - 8GB
Memory - 128GB
Flash Storage
$1,449.99
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Cost Research of a self built and maintained website
by Leslye Janes
Google
Apps for Business:
Benefits:
Bring your own domain, use a complimentary
mygbiz.com address, or purchase one for $8 a year and includes an automatic
email setup.
365.25 days of 24/7 service.
Guaranteed security provided by Bradford and
Barthel law firm
Constant updating and saving your work in
progress through Google servers, avoiding lost work in progress.
You own your data, and it’s contractual. You
have the tools to help manage your entire site: Users, documents and servers.
You can also keep track of usage and data on the dashboard.
No un-needed software to deal with.
A 99.9% uptime guarantee with disaster recovery.
Encrypted browser sessions with SSL for Apps
that do not need VPNs or other infrastructures. This reduces the chance of
hackers stealing valuable and private information.
Having achieved ISO certification (an
industry standard security evaluation certified by Ernst and Young
CertifyPoint), we are SSAE 16/ ISAE 3402 Type II SOC-2 audited. This is a
third-party auditor that evaluates our privacy, logical security and incident
responses.
Pricing:
Hosting
set up cost of $419.00.
Business-ready
$5/user/month or $50/user/year and a free trial.
25 GB inbox size
5 GB included Drive storage with the option
of purchasing addition storage.
o
20 GB $4/month
o
50 GB $7.50/month
o
200 GB $17.50/month
Customized email address
Unlimited users
Productivity tools such as; Video chat,
Gmail, calendar, drive, docs., sheets, slide and more
Manage user account, applications, security
and settings for your company.
Google Apps for Business
with Vault $10/user/month
(Includes all the features above with the
following added features)
Advanced security and e-discovery features
Business-critical data archiving
Data retrieval for investigation
Company-wide data discovery and export
Both
options are available on a month to month, billed at the end of the month, or
an annual plan. With the annual plan, a commitment is required and a discount
or $4.17 is given; however, a monthly billing option is still available.
Citymax
Benefits:
Hosting, software updates, and data backup
included
Easy to Customize your website and store on
your own
Automated inventory management, shipping and
calculators, credit card processing and more
A website built for your business; your own
domain and email name, maps, a catalog page, newsletter and online forms for
customers
Step-by-step guides and videos.
Industry standard 128 bit SSL encryption
No commitment and no credit card.
$24.98
includes:
o
Domain (yourbusinessname.com)
o
Hosting
o
Website design (Log in and update anytime
with a built-in editor)
o
Online Payments (Accept online payments
instantly with the PayPal plug-in)
o
Shopping cart
o
Email marketing
MacWebsiteBuilder
Benefits:
100% customizable website design/templates
Your domain name
Stats tracker
Email addresses
Photo album
Multimedia downloads
Google maps
Product catalog
Inventory tracker
Shopping Cart
PayPal
No need to download and no software are
required.
Personal website management
No monthly commitment
No credit card needed
Pricing:
Monthly Hosting $19.98/month
Yearly Hosting $16.98/month