Concept and execution
TRAG has broad experience in the design and implementation of cost allocation models. Are the following questions relevant to your organization?
• Which client groups result in profit, which in loss?
• Which product lines are loss makers, which are profitable?
• What are the costs of production?
• Which costs can be allocated to which clients?
• What costs are associated with the processes?
Then you are at the right address. Since 1993 we have been addressing questions such as these. Not just in concept design, but especially in the practical execution. That is where our strength lies. In the practical execution we regularly use familiar controller tools, such as Microsoft Excel and Access. In addition, we use the generic cost management application QPR CostControl.

The healthcare sector
Healthcare is a sector that we are attached to. Since more than ten years we have assisted hospitals and rehabilitation centers in making the costs related to their services transparent.
 
Hospitals
Specifically for hospitals a Toolkit has been developed. This is an input environment in which all necessary source data can be collected in a structured manner. In the design process the audit trail from cost results to source data is guaranteed. 
In addition, the Toolkit allows for easy identification of relevant costs. These can then be allocated to the right production in a transparent way. 
Finally, the Toolkit offers the possibility of generating an automated cost model in QPR CostControl.


Click here for more information about the Hospital Toolkit or for information about QPR CostControl.
 

Support
Our support packages for hospitals range from minimal to intensive. 

• Minimal support. Appropriate if you have enough qualified staff in your own organization.  
  
  Content: basic support in implementation of the Toolkit and filling it with data
  Your role: supplying correct source data, preparation/execution/processing of departmental interviews, documentation, feedback, controls, determination of DBC costs 
  Cost indication: up to 5 days of support
  
• Regular support. You have qualified staff but also want to deploy them for other subjects 
  
  Content: support in implementation of the Toolkit and filling it with data, support in several departmental interviews (e.g. surgery room) and processing into CostControl, final inspections. 
  Your tasks: supplying correct source data, preparation/execution/processing of departmental interviews, documentation, feedback, determination of DBC costs  
  Cost indication: 10 to 20 days of support
  
• Full project execution. You do not have the staff at this time that is needed to maintain cost information 
  
  Content: complete updating or set-up of your cost model. We collect correct source data, carry out departmental interviews, document the results and specific items needing attention, provide feedback of the results and determine DBC costs (if profiles are available). We also report on potential improvements in registration systems and provide you with benchmark information.     
  Your tasks: contact persons for source data and departmental interviews, serve as audience of final presentation and documentation
  Cost indication: 30 to 60 days of support 
  

In addition we offer:

• Telephone helpdesk support. Within reasonable limits we do not charge separately for this
  
• Training courses. Central training courses are regularly offered
  
• Benchmarks. Since 2001 we have a steadily growing database with detailed cost information of dozens of hospitals. Ideal for validation of your cost levels (links to performance benchmark). To discover structural inefficiencies that may lead to millions in losses, we also have the international  hospital benchmark