Cost Per Unit / Cost Per Container

Convert Your Operation into a Predictable Cost Model

We design, price, and operate manufacturing and container handling functions inside your facility, while delivering targeting engineering support to improve cost, quality, and performance.

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CPU/CPC: Embedded Operating Model

We convert defined portions of your operation into a cost-per-unit (CPU) or cost-per-container (CPC) model, and then operate it. This is not temporary support or a consulting-only engagement.

This replaces variable internal cost with a structured, performance-based model tied directly to output.

01 Define

The scope of work

02 Price

Per unit or per container

03 Implement

Inside your facility

04 Operate

Manage and improve it

cost per unit / cost per container

A Defined Cost Model. Operated Inside Your Facility.

Don’t let staffing create hassles for you and your business. The Reserves Network is perfectly positioned to take on administrative and supervisory responsibilities to streamline the management of your team.

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Engineering Support That Improves the System Behind the Work

Quality Engineering Consulting

When quality issues repeat, the systems behind them is not working.

  • Identify true root causes using real production conditions
  • Strengthen corrective action processes
  • Improve process control and defect prevention

Results: Fewer defects, stronger processes, and reduced firefighting

Manufacturing Engineering & Process Improvement

Operational inefficiencies are usually built into how the process is structured

  • Workflow and layout
  • Standard work and execution consistency
  • Bottlenecks, throughput, and labor utilization

Results: Higher throughput, less variability, and more efficient operations

How These Work Together

CPU/CPC: Establishes a defined operating model
Engineering Consulting: Improves the system behind it

Engage either independently, or combine them to both run and improve your operation

Three Phases From Evaluation to Ongoing Improvement

Phase 1: Evaluate & define

Scope the work, identify constraints, and establish CPU/CPC pricing or consulting

Phase 2: Implement

Stand up the operating model or begin targeted engineering engagement.

Phase 3: Operate & Improve

Manage execution and drive measurable improvements.

Built for Operations Carrying Cost & Consistency Risk

  • Manufacturers with unclear or risking cost per unit
  • Operations with inconsistent performance
  • Teams dealing with recurring quality or process issues
  • Companies looking to stabilize and scale without adding internal complexity

If your operation lacks cost clarity or consistency, the issue isn’t just execution. It’s structure, and we address both.

Opening doors, changing lives

  • We have a great onsite team who knows our business better than we do sometimes. They are true partners and deserve credit for our success!
    Tom H.
    TRN Client
  • TRN has done a phenomenal job keeping our shifts staffed with reliable lumpers, and they’ve consistently handled our workload even when our daily volumes are hard to predict. Their communication and reporting have been a huge help with forecasting my labor each month — something I haven’t seen with other lumper services.
    Jason D.
    TRN Client
  • The Reserve Network is a wonderful staffing agency, everyone is kind and excellent to work with. I highly recommend them.
    Cheryl R.
    TRN Client
  • It is apparent that TRN understands the qualifications that we are seeking as they have consistently and quickly provided us with employees that are dependable, efficient and possess the skills we request.
    Cathleen E.
    TRN Client
  • We have a great onsite team who knows our business better than we do sometimes. They are true partners and deserve credit for our success!
    Tom H.
    TRN Client
  • The entire team is wonderful to work with. If any issues arise, they are always there with to help in finding solutions. They work quickly and efficiently with our offices to assist.
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    TRN Client
  • The Reserve Network is a wonderful staffing agency, everyone is kind and excellent to work with. I highly recommend them.
    Cheryl R.
    TRN Client
  • It is apparent that TRN understands the qualifications that we are seeking as they have consistently and quickly provided us with employees that are dependable, efficient and possess the skills we request.
    Cathleen E.
    TRN Client

Client FAQs:
Explore managed staffing

Wondering if you should outsource staffing to a managed services provider?
Start here, and reach out with any more questions.

With TRN solutions, the hiring risk is off your hands. Within a managed services agreement, TRN takes responsibility for recruiting, screening, skills testing, and hiring contract workers, as well as payroll, taxes, unemployment, workers’ compensation insurance, and benefits. We handle these time-consuming processes and set you free to focus on your core business responsibilities.

For organizations that rely on contract talent to get work done, a managed staffing program can dramatically increase the ability to attract and deploy this critical talent resource. At the same time, a well-run program delivers greater visibility into workforce spending while improving agility and controlling risk. Moving to a centralized program is not without its challenges and change management requirements, but it’s a proven path to greater efficiency in hiring and employee management.

Whatever is needed! The on-site representative in a TRN managed staffing program wears many hats. They serve as the first point of contact for any question or issue that arises from the employee base and the client team. They’re attuned to demand shifts that might impact both short- and long-term workforce needs. They manage performance issues and ensure the team remains safe, productive, and satisfied. It’s an important job, and the people who fill this role are appreciated and rewarded.

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Make staffing a source of value

Staffing should feel like a solution rather than another problem. Work with The Reserves Network and see the kind of value our managed staffing solutions can create.

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