Cost a content programme from the volume produced and the fully loaded cost per piece.
The base cost is unit cost times quantity; the overhead percentage adds the contingency that real projects need, and the result is divided back out to give a fully loaded cost per piece. Quoting the bare unit cost is how budgets get overrun — the loaded figure is the one to plan against.
Content Production Cost
Content Production Cost = Fully loaded cost per piece × Pieces produced per period × (1 + overhead %)
Content Production Cost = Fully loaded cost per piece × Pieces produced per period × (1 + overhead %) The base cost is unit cost times quantity; the overhead percentage adds the contingency that real projects need, and the result is divided back out to give a fully loaded cost per piece.
Quoting the bare unit cost is how budgets get overrun — the loaded figure is the one to plan against.
This calculator takes 3 inputs: Fully loaded cost per piece, Pieces produced per period, Overhead or contingency. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.