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Profit is revenue, generated through sale of products and services, minus the costs of producing/distributing those products and services. When the revenue generated in a period of time exceeds the company's costs, the company has achieved a profit. If the costs incurred by the company exceed the revenue generated in a period of time, the company has a loss.
The relationship between shortage costs and carrying costs are inverse. The relationship between ordering costs and carrying costs depends on how much the company has on hand as compared to how much they must order. And if shortage costs are high, both other types will also be high.
Item (set-up) costs, holding (storage) costs, and shortage costs (demand > product).
Profit
Profits will be maximized when marginal revenue is equal to marginal costs. This will only happen in cases where there are fixed costs.
Amount of revenue that is needed to cover all of the fixed costs.
Profit is calculated by subtracting costs from revenue.
15%
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If revenue is less than costs, the gross profit is negative -- it is not a profitable company.
The answer will depend on profits as a percentage of what! As a percentage of revenue, it would be 100*(Total Revenue - Total Costs)/Total Revenue In example (as given in discussion page) Total Revenue = 236,000 Total Costs = 173,000 Total Profit = Total Revenue - Total Costs = 63,000 So percentage profit = 100*63,000/236,000 = 26.7% (approx).
Revenue at BREAK EVEN point is $0.00