En cada negocio, el beneficio lo es todo. Pero crear la rentabilidad de un negocio en inglés tienes que tener una idea comercial rentable con un buen producto (product), precios (pricing) razonables, y un plan estratégico sólido.
En esta lección, aprenderemos diferente vocabulario relacionado con obtener ganancias y con no ser rentable.
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Rentabilidad de un negocio en inglés(Profitable and unprofitable products)
| Términos | Traducción | Significado |
| make a profit | obtener ganancias | to get more money for selling a product than you spend on costs |
| profitable
profit-making |
rentable
lucro |
resulting in a profit |
| break even | cubrir los gastos | to have no profit or loss at the end of the business activity |
| make a loss | tener pérdidas | to spend more money in making the product than the money you get from selling it |
| loss making | pérdida | not making a profit |
| loss leader | producto de promoción | an item sold at cost or below cost in order to attract more people to the store |
| money-spinners
cash cow |
máquina de dinero
gallina de los huevos de oro |
something or someone which brings a company or organization a lot of money over a longer period of time |
Presupuestos y gastos en inglés (Budgets and expenditure)
Una empresa siempre prepara su presupuesto y se asegura de evitar gastos excesivos.
| Términos | Traducción | Significado |
| budget | presupuesto | a plan to show how much money a person or organization will earn and how much they will need or be able to spend |
| expenditure | gasto | an amount of money, time or effort spent |
| over budget | por encima del presupuesto | beyond the amount of money than had been planned for |
| overspend | gastar de más | spend more than the expected or allotted amount |
| underspend | gastar de menos | spend less than the expected or allotted amount |
| underbudget | por debajo de presupuesto | involving less amount of money than had been planned for |
| advertising spend | gasto publicitario | amount of money spent on advertising |
Economías de escala y la curva de aprendizaje en inglés (Economies of scale and the learning curve)
| Términos | Traducción | Significado |
| economies of scale | economías de escala | the reduction of production costs that is a result of making andsellinggoods in large quantities, for example, the ability tobuy large amounts of materials at reduced prices |
| learning curve | curva de aprendizaje | a situation in which someone has to learn a lot in a short period of time |
| diseconomies of scale | deseconomías de escala | a situation in which the cost of producing a product or providing a service increases as the total amount that is produced increases |
Ejercicios sobre la rentabilidad de un negocio en inglés
Utilizando la información de ABC Inc.’s products, responde las preguntas.
| Unit production cost (dollars) | Overheads per unit (dollars) | Selling price (dollars) | Number of units sold per year | |
| chairs | 160 | 40 | 300 | 50,000 |
| stools | 80 | 20 | 95 | 70,000 |
| armchairs | 500 | 70 | 600 | 20,000 |
| coffee tables | 350 | 50 | 400 | 30,000 |
| dining tables | 2300 | 300 | 2800 | 15,000 |
- Which products make a profit? _____________________ (chairs, armchairs, dining tables)
- Which product has the highest level of profitability as a percentage of its selling price? _________ (chairs)
- Which loses money? __________ (stools)
- Which just breaks even? ________ (coffee tables)
- Which is the biggest money spinner or cash cow, in terms of overall profit? ____________ (chairs)
- Which product may be a loss leader, to encourage furniture stores to buy other profitable products? ______________ (stools)
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Ejercicio de Speaking sobre la rentabilidad de un negocio en inglés
- Does your company or the one you’d like to work for, have a cash cow or a loss leader?
- Does it benefit from economies of scale?
- Which is better: to overspend or go over budget? Why?
- What is the implication if the company always overspends?
- When is overbudgeting good or bad? Why?