Starting a Business-Transforming Resources Into Goods and Serivices Flashcards
Factors of production
The four elements-land,labour,capital,and enterprise-used in the production of goods and services.
Resources
The element that go into producing goods and services.
Production
The process whereby resources are converted into a form that is intended to satisfy the requirements of potential customers.
Output
The finished products resulting from the transformation process.
Primary sector
Extraction of the raw materials
Secondary sector
Processing/refinement of raw materials
Tertiary sector
Provision of a service
Adding value
The process of increasing the worth of resources by modifying them.
Value added
Sales revenue minus the cost of brought in materials,components and services.
USP
A feature of a product or service that allows it to be differentiated from other products.