What is the cost of production?
In economics, the cost-of-production theory of value is the theory that the price of an object or condition is determined by the sum of the cost of the resources that went into making it. The cost can comprise any of the factors of production (including labor, capital, or land) and taxation.
Calculate Unit Costs. You can calculate the unit costs of production by dividing the total amount of your fixed and variable costs by the total number of units you produced. For example, say your total fixed costs are $30,000, your variable costs are $50,000 and you produced 40,000 units.
To figure your total manufacturing cost per unit, divide your total costs by the total number of units produced. For example, say for the year your company made 1 million units and incurred production costs of $3 million. Divide your $3 million costs by the 1 million units to find your cost per unit: $3.