Elements and Performance Criteria
- Calculate costs associated with machinery and use to assist decision making
- Overhead, operating and intangible costs related to machinery are calculated.
- Relevant benchmark data that relates machinery costs to enterprise productivity is sourced and compared to own enterprise data.
- Comparison of productivity and suitability of different types and brands of machinery is made.
- Review machinery requirements
- Machinery inventory is reviewed in the context of the goals of the business, and current and future productivity and profitability levels.
- Alternatives to ownership are identified, costed and evaluated.
- Tax impact of the capital investment is identified through appropriate professional support and incorporated into the analysis.
- Risks associated with high capital investment in machinery are assessed and controlled in making machinery decisions.
- Analyse returns from major capital investments in machinery