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== Structure of the costs groups ==
In your operating review at the tab results there are three major groups of costs.
[[Image:all_costs_2018_cost_groups.jpg|thumb|550px|center ]]

As you can see in this example above which shows the operating review of a demo team after four years:<br>
* the [[fixed costs]] have stayed the same during all four years, the fixed depreciation costs are one of them.
* the [[variable costs]] depend on the occupancy rate like laundry: the more rooms occupied the more laundry.
* the [[costs team decisions]], will depend of course on the decisions the team took during the years.

== Overview of total of the variable costs == 
Let's check the variable costs, as they looked like at the moment you take over: in the picture the grey area.
In the table underneath the green numbers.
<table border=1 cellpadding=8>
<tr><th>'''Costs'''</th></tr>
<tr><td>'''Costs: fixed'''</td><td> Depreciation costs of existing assets</td><td> € 525,187</td><td> 34.64%</td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td> Fixed staff costs </td><td> € 550,271</td><td> 36.29%</td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td> Costs of premises</td><td> € 390,473</td><td> 25.75%</td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td> Insurance & interest costs</td><td> € 50,012</td><td> 03.29%</td></tr>
<tr><td>'''Total fixed costs'''</td><td></td><td> '''€  1,515,943'''</td><td> '''100%'''</td><td> '''62.36%'''</td></tr>
<tr><td><font color="green">'''Costs: variable'''</font color="green"><td> <font color="green">Variable staff costs</font color="green"></td><td> <font color="green">€ 355,170</font color="green"></td><td> <font color="green">38.95%</font color="green"></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td> <font color="green">Laundry costs</font color="green"></td><td><font color="green"> € 118,390</font color="green"></td><td> <font color="green">12.94%</font color="green"></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td> <font color="green">Cleaning costs</font color="green"></td><td><font color="green"> € 236,780</font color="green"></td><td> <font color="green">25.88%</font color="green"></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td> <font color="green">F&B purchase costs</font color="green"></td><td> <font color="green">€ 204,312</font color="green"></td><td> <font color="green">22.33%</font color="green"> </td></tr>
<tr><td><font color="green">'''Total variable costs'''</font color="green"></td><td></td><td> <font color="green">'''€ 914,652''' </font color="green"></td><td> <font color="green">'''100%'''</font color="green"></td><td><font color="green">'''37.63%'''</font color="green"></td></tr>
<tr><td>'''Costs: team decisions'''</td><td> Marketing costs</td><td> € 0</td><td> 00.00%</td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td> Extra staff rewarding costs</td><td> € 0</td><td> 00.00%</td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td> Extra depreciations costs</td><td> € 0</td><td> 00.00%</td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td> Market research costs</td><td> € 0</td><td> 00.00%</td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td> Other costs</td><td> € 0</td><td> 00,00%</td></tr>
<tr><td>'''Total team decisions costs'''</td><td></td><td> '''€ 0''' </td><td> '''100%'''</td><td> '''00.00%'''</td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>'''Total all costs'''</td><td></td><td> '''€ 2,430,595''' </td><td>'''€ 2.430.595''' </td><td> '''100%'''</td></tr>
</table><br>

You can't influence these variable costs, but they will vary depending on the number of guests-bookings you have in the hotel. They will be automatically calculated related to the [[occupancy rate]] and visible on your operational review. They make up 37.63% of the total costs as you take over.

* More on this in [[Operating review]].

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