Direct labor rates are the labor costs directly resulting in the production of a product or delivery of a service. These costs include wages as well as payroll taxes, insurance, retirement matches, ...

Last month, we discussed how you could get better control of the equipment you own and rent. This month, we’re going a step further by offering up a couple of ways to collect and analyze the data.

It’s still largely unknown how potentially rising tariffs will affect the cost of future smartphones. Will companies like Apple pass on expected rising production costs to consumers, or will they ...