Expected costs fields
Field
Description
General
Type
Displays the type of expected costs: Material, Additional or Labor hours.
Description
Enter an appropriate description of the expected costs.
Required quantity
Enter the quantity referring to the purchase item or number of labor hours which is needed to complete the activity on one asset.
Example: replacing 2 filters per air conditioning unit
Activity definition:
Asset = air conditioning unit
Quantity = 3 (air conditioning units)
Expected costs:
Purchase item = filter
Unit = pieces
Required quantity = 2
Price per unit = $50
Produced quantity
Enter the same value as the value in the Quantity field in the activity definition. This is the quantity that must be produced by means of the value specified in Required quantity.
Example: 3 (air conditioning units).
Unit of required quantity
Select a relevant unit of measurement from the dialog box available in this field. The selected unit applies to the value in the Required quantity field.
Unit of produced quantity
This read–only field displays the unit that applies to the value in the Produced quantity field.
Standard cost category
Select a standard cost category from the dialog box available in this field. A standard cost category is a classification of the costs according to function.
Standard cost type
Select a standard cost type from the dialog box available in this field. A standard cost type is a classification of the costs according to type.
Cost type
Select a cost type. There are two options: Fixed costs or Variable costs.
If you select Variable, the costs are calculated taking into account the quantity specified on the maintenance activity definition.
If you select Fixed, costs are calculated without taking into account the quantity specified on the maintenance activity definition.
Fixed cost calculation
Fixed costs (excluding tax / VAT) are calculated as follows:
(Percentage to be completed (of the activity) / 100) * (Required Quantity * Price per Unit)
The price including VAT is calculated by multiplying the result * ((100 + VAT percentage) / 100)
Variable cost calculation
Variable costs (excluding VAT) are calculated as follows:
(Percentage to be completed (of the activity) / 100) * Quantity (of the activity) * (Required Quantity / Produced Quantity * Price per Unit)
The price including VAT is calculated by multiplying the result * ((100 + VAT percentage) / 100)
Example
Percentage to be completed = 75%
Required quantity = 0.25
Produced quantity = 1
Quantity (of the activity) = 2
Price per unit = 10
VAT = 21%
--- Fixed cost calculation ---
Excluding VAT: (75 / 100) * (0,25 * 10) = 1,88
Including VAT: 1,88 * (100 + 21) /100 = 2,27
--- Variable cost calculation ---
Excluding VAT: (75 / 100) * 2 * (0,25 / 1 * 10) = 3,75
Including VAT: 3,75 * (100 + 21) /100 = 4,54
Tax / VAT
Select the appropriate tax rate / VAT rate.
Activity definition
If you want to link the expected costs to a specific activity definition in Maintenance Planner, select an activity definition from the dialog box available in this field.
Standard activity definition
If you want to link the expected costs to a standard activity definition from the Maintenance Library, select a standard activity definition in this field.
Asset activity definition
If you want to link the expected costs to an asset activity definition from Asset Management, select an asset activity definition from the dialog box available in this field.
Material
Product
Select a product to add its material costs to the maintenance activity definition. The product related fields on the maintenance activity definition material costs are automatically updated.
This field becomes available only when you select Yes in the Definitions & schedules > Apply product requisition process field. If No is selected in this field, the Product field is cleared and the Purchase item field (the default product on the Purchase information record) is considered for calculating the material costs.
Purchase item
Select the product you want to order from the dialog box.
If you select Yes in the Definitions & schedules > Apply product requisition process field, this field is cleared and becomes read-only.
Use actual price
Decide which price should be used to create planned maintenance orders. Select Yes if you want to use the actual price as defined on the product. Select No if you want to use the price on the material costs.
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The actual price can only be used if the Apply product requisition process is enabled on the Definitions & schedules > Activity definitions level. If the product requisition process is not applied, the Use actual price field is disabled and the price as defined on the material costs is used.
Price per unit
Enter the price per unit of the product that you entered in the Purchase item field.
Example: $50 for an air conditioning filter.
Purchase item group
If you are adding material costs, select a relevant purchase item group from the dialog box available in this field. A purchase item group is a classification of the items that can be purchased within an organization.
Standard order quantity
This read–only field displays the prescribed number of purchase items that must be ordered.
Labor hours
Hourly wage
If you are adding labor hour costs, enter the relevant hourly wage in this field.
Tariff group
If you are adding labor hour costs, select the tariff group that applies to the hourly wage.