The allocation of costs to fixed and variable costs, or to direct and indirect costs, or to combinations of these two categories ( costs other than direct variable costs, i.e. indirect variable, direct fixed and indirect fixed costs, are referred to as structural costs in French usage), or to household and farm costs, or to enterprises or activities, or to other categories of costs.
Analyzing the cost of a product or system over its entire lifetime, including design, development, and replacement costs. Relex Life Cycle Cost (LCC) enables users to perform cost analyses, using a Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) tree, factoring in alternatives, time intervals, and other variables.