Unit cost and sensitivity
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In this lesson
express cost per business transaction and test how it changes with volume.
Planned topics
- Unit cost, such as cost per order, links infrastructure to business value.
- Split fixed costs (baseline) from variable costs (scale with volume).
- Sensitivity: change one driver at a time (orders, page views, data volume) and see the effect.
- Watch for steps and cliffs: a larger database tier, extra zones, new licence bands.
- Compare unit cost with margin per order to see if the platform is economic.
Draft outline details
Demonstration
a chart sketch: monthly cost versus orders with a fixed base and a rising variable line; cost per order falling then stepping up.
Check your understanding
Why split fixed and variable costs?
Show answer
To see how cost per order changes as volume grows.
Practice
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