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Unit Cost & Margin

Costing rebuilt from what the floor actually does.

Why this exists

Margin leakage rarely announces itself. It hides in overhead allocated as though it scales with units, in standard costs set years ago and never revisited, and in machine rates that assume a level of performance nobody has hit since commissioning. Pricing built on those numbers erodes quietly and continuously, and the monthly report shows it far too late to act.

The work

What we do

  • Split standard-versus-actual variance into its rate and efficiency components
  • Derive machine rates from attainable averages rather than nameplate figures
  • Allocate overhead by activity rather than by volume
  • Surface the gap between the cost you quote on and the cost you incur
Deliverables

What you get

  • Per-part costs you can defend line by line
  • Variance attributed to a machine and a cause, not just a total
  • A costing model your finance team owns and can adjust
Edges

Where it stops

What we don't touch

Your pricing decisions. We show you what things cost; what you charge stays yours.

Done when

you can see what each part costs to make, and why.

Next step

Start with discovery.

Whether this is the right piece of work is exactly what discovery answers.

GrandhelmValue Creation Partners

Operational transformation leveraged with technology and AI. Measured in EBITDA.

Services

  • Production & Capacity
  • Unit Cost & Margin
  • Custom Operations
  • Connected Data
  • Operational AI
  • Reliable Systems

Offices

  • Grandhelm B.V.
    Westplein 123016BM RotterdamThe Netherlands
  • Warding Bridge, Lda
    Rua D. Manuel II, 2974430-084 Vila Nova de GaiaPortugal

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