Although I have used cost a lot in my Bee project I still think I could take this further and work to an actual budget. This would force me to be even stricter with design decisions and materials I use and further my understanding in this section.
I think cost could be a great idea for a future project such as design and make something for a specific task for just £5.Now I think about it when creating my structures lesson for Using and applying module we considered using cost as an aspect of our 'towers' task by giving each group a budget and each material (Cellotape, string, sticks) a price. This would mean the group had to manage their money effectively and make certain choices with how they spend their money. I think an exercise like this is a great way to get people to start thinking more about costings and budget and wish we had of used this as part of our task!
I could also extend my knowledge of costing by considering cost if I was going to mass produce a product in a factory. How would I make my product cost effective when I have to consider things like;
I think cost could be a great idea for a future project such as design and make something for a specific task for just £5.Now I think about it when creating my structures lesson for Using and applying module we considered using cost as an aspect of our 'towers' task by giving each group a budget and each material (Cellotape, string, sticks) a price. This would mean the group had to manage their money effectively and make certain choices with how they spend their money. I think an exercise like this is a great way to get people to start thinking more about costings and budget and wish we had of used this as part of our task!
I could also extend my knowledge of costing by considering cost if I was going to mass produce a product in a factory. How would I make my product cost effective when I have to consider things like;
- Cost of Man power to manufacture the product (
- Cost to run the machines
- Cost to run a factory (Lighting, facilities, water etc)
- Cost to package the product Cost to advertise the product
- Cost to post the product
- Cost to by the product