Chapter 38

Performance-Based Contracting

Basing fees on results

Three factories standing at different corners of another such factory picture lying on the ground.

The pattern

Performance-Based Contracting implies calculating the price of a product by considering the services it renders, rather than its face value. Such services are measured as a precise output quantity for which customers pay the company a specified amount (WHAT?, VALUE?). This amount typically includes all pertinent costs such as operations, maintenance and repair expenses, so that customers can more easily control their costs (WHAT?). It is important to note that the use-intensity of the product is irrelevant to pricing, making it essentially the opposite of Pay Per ...

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