Re: Summary of machine rates

From: Tom Richards (tomr@aicasting.com)
Date: Thu Jan 15 1998 - 21:09:10 EET


Brad: You've got it right.

At 08:55 AM 1/15/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Group:

>2) I would be interested in (conceptually) what were the components that
>determined their figures? The figures stated really mean nothing until this
>is defined.
>
>During my days in the SB biz, I remember tracking (plotting) my true cost of
>ownership vs. the revenue (per machine) on an hourly basis. A few of the
>components included:
> - Capital cost of the machine taking into account depreciation, etc.
> - Cost of lab/area the machine lives in
> - Cost of the service agreement
> - Cost of consumables (material, lasers, tips, etc.)
> - Cost of marketing the service
> - Cost of warranty work
>AND MOST IMPORTANTLY...
> - COST OF THE PERSON RUNNING THE MACHINE



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