Cost Leadership

Cost Leadership

Cost leadership is a competitive strategy of winning customers by keeping prices lower than rivals. It usually depends on mass production, high volume, and supply chains built to cut per-unit cost. It is different from competing on uniqueness or custom work. To hold that low price, the company usually makes thousands of the same item, not custom one-offs like an artisan shop.

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