Regardless of whether a record company opted to license or to produce and own an artist's album. the next major expense for the label was the manufacturing of the CDs. The manufacturing cost which included pressing the CD. purchasing the standard jewel case shrink-wrapping and attaching a label to the top spine was about $0.70 per unit. There was an additional unit cost of about $0.20 for printing the book let and other materials contained inside the CD case. Compass had an arrangement with a CD manufacturer in Minneapolis. Minnesota whereby the minimum initial order required was 1,000 units thereafter. Compass could order in increment of 500. Because the manufacturer could turn around an order in three to five days. Brown and West tried to keep very light control over their inventory.