Promotion
Any lab has to promote its own brand or brand of AVMLabs which involves costs. It is like Customer Acqusiiton Cost (by Google, Meta or Handbills)
What is PCCLM?
Understanding the cost components of collection Center management
PCCLM means Costs involved in:
- P Promotion
- C Collection
- C Consumables
- L Logistics
- M Margins
Collection
Lab has to pay rent, electricity and for manpower and that is counted in collection charges.
Consumables
We need syringe, needle, barcoded vacutainers, gloves and also spend for disposing biomedical waste for which municipality at time charges 20 to 40 Rs per Kg
Logistics
Company charges Rs. 100 or 200 per consignment for sending a rider who will have to bring the specimen from collection centre to processing lab, via aircargo in Cold Chain Logistics - means it costs
Margins
No one can do business without looking for a margin in doing that business.
In the industry no one explains why it costs so much. May be no one felt the need for doing it. Today in business consumers look for truth to trust.
Dr AVM being a mathematician, having done laboratory business for 40 yrs, wishes to do a transparent pricing to all stackholders to give clarity on cost components in the diagnostic industry.