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Services cannot be stored.Attempts to regulate the "demand" of a service include reservation systems and differential pricing.What are some other ways a firm can shift demand for its services to nonpeak times?


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Excess Capacity

A situation where a company can produce more goods or provide more services than currently demanded, indicating unused productive potential.

Special Order

A one-time customer order often involving a large quantity and requiring a separate pricing or product specification arrangement.

Special Order Price

The price charged for a product or service that is outside the company's normal scope of work or products; often tailored pricing for a specific customer request.

Variable Costing

A costing method that includes only variable production costs—direct materials, direct labor, and variable manufacturing overhead—in product cost calculation, contrasting with absorption costing that also includes fixed costs.

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