As Northern Ireland's capital city, Belfast is host to the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont, the site of the devolved legislature for Northern Ireland. Belfast is divided into four Northern Ireland Assembly and UK parliamentary constituencies: North Belfast, West Belfast, South Belfast and East Belfast.
Fixed Costs, Variable Costs, and Total Costs z Fixed costs are those that are spent and cannot be changed in the period of time under consideration. z In the long run there are no fixed costs since all costs are variable. z In the short run, a number of costs will be fixed. Fixed Costs, Variable Costs, and Total Costs z Workers represent variable costs â those that change as output changes. Fixed Costs, Variable Costs, and Total Costs z The sum of the variable and fixed costs are total costs. TC = FC + VC Average Costs z Much of the firmâs discussion is of average cost.
The time and cost to improve is visible cost, the existing waste is embedded in the work system and invisible. So instead of improving long term and saving long term waste, the visible short term cost saving initiatives takes over.