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Activity-based costing and activity-based management

7.2 Customer profitability curve

 When an organisation analyses the profitability of its customers, it is not
unusual to find that a Pareto curve exists (80/20 rule).

% profit

80%

Percentage of
customers served

20% 50% 100%

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