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Design to cost is a management strategy and supporting methodologies to achieve an affordable product by treating target cost as an independent design parameter that needs to be achieved during the development of a product. A design to cost approach consists of the following elements: 1  An understanding of customer affordability or competitive pricing requirements by the key participants in the development process; 2  Establishment and allocation of target costs down to a level of the hardware where costs can be effectively managed;
Fixed Costs Cost Concepts - * Discretionary fixed costs are set at a fixed amount each year at the discretion of management. Fixed Costs Cost Concepts - * Total variable costs increase in proportion to increases in unit level cost drivers. Total variable costs (Y) Total activity (X) 0 0 Basic Cost Behavior Patterns Cost Concepts - * Total mixed costs contain fixed and variable cost elements. They increase, but not in direct proportion to increases in unit level cost drivers.