Part Details and Assembly Details Tabs

The cost associated with a particular type of manufacturing process that a machine performs.

The machine used by the cost engine to compute costs for the given process.

The time that someone is paid to perform an operation/process on one part/assembly.

The time that a machine/process is operating on a given part/assembly.

Computed as 3600 seconds per hour divided by Cycle Time.

Cost of the physical material used in the manufacture of the part. Material Cost includes both the material in the physical part and an allocation of scrap material that is wasted during the manufacturing process. Material cost does not include consumable material for example, weld wire, adhesives, only primary material.

The amount that labor is paid to manufacture the part or assembly. The customer determines which components of labor compensation are included in the labor rate that is used to calculate labor cost. However, labor cost usually includes hourly wages and benefits.

Direct Overhead costs are costs that can be specifically associated with the manufacture of specific part through a machine. For example, most machines have a machine or direct overhead rate that allocates the machine's power costs, depreciation, maintenance to parts that run on the machine based on time.

The cost in machine downtime and labor incurred when a machine is configured to run a batch of a given design. This cost is amortized to individual parts or assemblies by the number of parts in a batch.

The cost of transportation between supply chain facilities.

Tooling that is consumed during manufacturing, but not tied to a specific part. For example, a drill bit, turret press punch, etc. are used in the manufacture on many different part designs.

Other miscellaneous costs not accounted for in the above categories.

A placeholder line item to be used for miscellaneous costs. The default value is zero but your Digital Factory may be customized to use this field to capture specific types of costs and relabeled as needed, see the aPriori Administration Guide Managing Cost Taxonomy Display Labels.

The subtotal of Expendable Tooling, Additional Direct Costs, and Extra Costs

The sum of all cost items above, Total Variable Costs is the marginal cost associated with making “one more” part a give design. This includes all Variable Costs associated with the creation of a part but does not include depreciation of capital tooling.

Period or indirect overheads are expenses that are expensed each financial period (factory depreciation, light bills, SG&A) that cannot be associated or amortized to a specific design.

The profit margin charged on each part/assembly. Calculated by multiplying a margin percentage value by the sum of the costs. The margin percentage defaults to 0 in the regional data libraries but can be configured by customers.

The sum of all cost items above, Piece Part Cost is cost of making a part, including margin if applied but excluding fixed (tooling-related) costs.

Capital or hard tools are purchased for creating one specific design and cannot be used to create others.

Devices used to hold a specific part or assembly in the correct orientation on a machine during manufacture or assembly. Fixtures and jigs under the Fixed Cost category are created for a specific design. It is assumed that these fixtures will not be re-used on a different design in the future.

The cost of creating a computer program that Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machines will follow to make or assemble parts of a specific design.

Other miscellaneous costs not accounted for in the above categories.

The sum of all fixed costs. Fixed costs must be incurred before the first part or assembly of a given assembly made.

In aPriori, all fixed costs are amortized to the individual part or assembly by dividing the total, up-front cost for the fixed cost (the capital cost) by the otal roduct olume.

For parts, the sum of Piece Part Cost and Fixed Costs.
For assemblies, the sum of Fully Burdened Cost of Assembly Processes and Fully Burdened Cost of Subcomponents.
For Roll-ups, the sum of Piece Part Cost and Fixed Costs for all level children (parts, assemblies, roll-ups).

For assemblies, the unit cost is the cost of one part, regardless of the quantity of parts in the assembly.

Capital or hard tools are purchased for creating one specific design and cannot be used to create others. The Capital Cost is the price to buy one set of the tooling.

Devices used to hold a specific part or assembly in the correct orientation on a machine during manufacture or assembly. Fixtures and jigs under the Fixed Cost category are created for a specific design. It is assumed that these fixtures will not be re-used on a different design in the future. The capital cost is the price to buy one set of the tooling.

The cost of creating a computer program that Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machines will follow to make or assemble parts of a specific design.

Capital investment is the total amount a company must invest in fixed costs before the first part or assembly can be made. This cost is fixed because the company incurs the cost whether it makes one part or the total number of parts allowable before tooling must be refurbished or replaced.

Severity level of the most severe design guidance issue(s)

Number of design guidance issues that make the part unlikely to be manufacturable

Number of design guidance issues that pose a high risk of quality defects

Number of design guidance issues that pose some risk of quality defects

Number of design guidance that affect cost, as when for example, a user-specified tolerance is not achievable by a primary process alone and so requires extra machining, driving additional costs