This pie chart shows the typical fixed and variable costs for machining a part. If you were able to get your supplier to sell you tools at a 100% discount, in other words give them to you for free, the impact on your actual costs is minimal. If, however, you increase the productivity the impact on your cost per part is significant. Tool Dashboards™ increase productivity by an avareage of 30%.
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