Estimate packaging unit costs, labor and energy cost, changeover cost, equipment cost, automation savings, and simple payback.
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Estimate annual equipment cost by straight-line spreading of an equipment investment over a positive user-entered service life, then adding annual maintenance. Formula: annualized capital...
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Compare annual direct labor cost before and after automation. Formula: net annual labor savings = current annual labor cost - automated annual labor cost;...
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Compare assumed annual overtime labor cost with annualized machine capital and maintenance cost. Formula: overtime cost = overtime hours × loaded overtime rate; machine...
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Estimate simple payback from current versus automated annual direct labor cost, annual maintenance/service cost after automation, and installed investment. All annual costs must use...
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Estimate separate direct changeover labor cost, contribution value of production not recovered later, and variable cost of startup scrap. Formula: labor = minutes ×...
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Estimate included packaging cost per shipping case from variable cost per good unit, whole good units per case, case material, and end-of-line labor. Formula:...
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Roll up user-entered material, direct labor, energy, and other variable costs for one production run into total included cost and cost per whole good...
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Estimate electricity use, energy cost, and energy cost per good package from average machine input load, operating time, an energy price, and good output...
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Estimate direct line labor cost per good package unit from staffed direct operators, loaded hourly labor cost, and sustained good output for the same...
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Extend a blended variable packaging cost per good unit to the whole good-unit quantity required for an order. Formula: order variable cost = whole...
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