Costing and pricing
Working out what a product actually costs to make.
UDS Solutions
Enterprise Development
Support for producer groups, women’s enterprise groups and young entrepreneurs — on costing, quality, packaging and getting to a market that pays.
Support for producer groups, women’s enterprise groups and young entrepreneurs — on costing, quality, packaging and getting to a market that pays.
A great deal of rural enterprise in northern Ghana is profitable only because the producer is not counting their own labour. Much of this work starts with costing, and it is frequently uncomfortable.
From there it moves to quality and consistency, packaging, group marketing and access to finance — with students from the business school doing a good deal of the hands-on work during placements.
How it is used in communities
Processing and quality
Consistency that lets a group sell beyond the local market.
Access to finance
Preparing groups for the kind of finance they can realistically get.
What has changed
Groups selling at a profit
Prices that cover labour as well as materials.
Enterprises that outlast the project
Groups still trading after the students have gone.
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