En slik pris er en sammensatt gjennomsnittspris for tjenester på forskjellige nivåer, se f.eks.: "blended rate is the way an increasing number of consultants and implementers quote out their resources. On almost all projects, there are resources of different levels and skills, with different internal costs and standard billing rates for their time. Rather than bill each of these resources individually at their respective rates, the consultant creates something that looks like average hourly rate for that pool of resources – the blended rate. Each hour worked is billed at that blended rate, regardless of the actual rate or experience of the resource. Blended rates are therefore an easy and convenient way for consultants to come up with a single, simple number to present to the clients in pitching the business and in subsequent billings for the project. Customers tend to like this too since it is simpler than the alternative, and they believe they can do more of an apple-to-apples comparison of numbers that way."

Many are familiar with the notion of a “blended rate” in the consulting services and software implementation business. Consultants are smart, and the term “blended” itself was a good choice, as it connotes something smooth and easily digestible. (http://www.scdigest.com/assets/Reps/Expert-Insight-Fralick_0...

I utgangspunktet er dette en dårlig oversettelse, men når en leser utgangspunktet ovenfor er dette med blanding en del av poenget. Konsultentene ønsker å gi en pris som kunden kan godta/svelge, og det blir dermed en blanding av de forskjellige timeprisene.



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Note added at 1 hr (2011-06-07 10:08:07 GMT)
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Blandet trenger ikke å være et gjennomsnitt. Det er poenget her. En kan bake inn høye timespriser ved å vise til en blandet pris som er lavere enn timesprisen for de mest erfarne konsulentene.

Skjønner ikke helt hva som er problemet her. Hvorvidt denne prisen er sammensatt, veiet, blandet, mikset, gjennomsnitts-, utjevnet, utlignet, eller innbakt spiller knapt noen rolle - det er leserens forståelse vi er ute etter.