Calculate Billets / Ingots

This quantity valuation offers you the material quantity calculation for billets / ingots, so that this rather complex calculation needn't be calculated and documented outside FACTON.

 

The following example shows the detailed use of a material quantity calculation:

 

Step 1: Create Should Cost Calculation

Further Information > Create Should Cost Calculation

 

Step 2: Insert a Material (Mass)

By selecting the Calculate Billets / Ingots quantity valuation, a more extended calculation logic becomes available.

Note

You can insert the material

The latter is shown in the following, because it illustrates the inputs required for calculation.

 

Insert a Local Material (Mass)

  1. Select the should cost calculation in the Structure view.
  2. In the ribbon, click on Edit > Insert > Insert New Local Material (Mass).

    A local material is added under the should cost calculation.

  3. Define the following properties for the material in the Details view > Calculation view scheme (combobox):

    Valuation *Calculate Costs
    Quantity Valuation Calculate Billets / Ingots
       
    Density 7.85 g / cm³
    Net Quantity 1.10 kg / pc
       
    Price Source Standard
    Price per Unit 23.00 EUR / kg
    Refund per Unit 15.00 EUR / kg
  4. The following checkboxes enable you to activate or deactivate further details of the material calculation.

 

After all inputs, the following costs are calculated and displayed as rounded figures in the Details view > Calculation view scheme (combobox):

Direct Material Cost incl. Inbound Logistics

 

An overview of the material costs can be found in the Details view > Cost Summary view scheme (combobox).

Details view > Cost Summary view scheme (combobox) in the Details view

The cost summary offers an overview on the cost breakdown and composition of the relevant material costs.

Example
Direct Material Cost Raw Material 13.75 EUR / pc
Inbound Logistics Cost 2.20 EUR / pc
Direct Material Cost incl. Inbound Logistics 15.95 EUR / pc
Material Overhead Cost 0.63 EUR / pc
Material Refund -2.25 EUR / pc
Material Cost 14.33 EUR / pc