Cost Gradients are the amount of money it costs to provide each unit of increased performance in a value dimension. For example if the manufacturer of plastic spoons wanted to improve the performance of the “Durability” value dimension they could use thicker plastic which has a cost per gram to provide.
Nobel laureate Dr. Milton Freidman once said “There is no such thing as a free lunch.”
Cost gradients describe how much more it costs to get a better lunch.
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