• Is product costing an exact science?
• How easy is it to predict overhead costs ahead of time? What happens if our overhead cost projections are wrong?
• Qualitative factors that may need to be considered - how busy or slow is the shop, how easy or hard is it to make the product, is this a new customer, are other large or smaller orders likely to come, is this a loyal repeat customer?
• How much does the business expect to sell in the next year in units?
• What should be our unit selling price to Mrs. Carter?