Note

You need full access rights to the "Capital Efficiency Analysis" function to see the "Investments" category.

The Investments category allows you to distribute the project costs evenly across multiple project years or additional costs.

Open Investments Category

    • Open a project.
    • In the ribbon, click on File > Project Cockpit .
  2. Switch to the Investments category.

Settings

Figure: Investments Category, Settings

Investment Period group
Begin (SOI) Enter the month and the year in which the investment begins.
Duration

Enter the investment period in years (a) or months. The investment end date (EOI) is automatically set according to the entered duration.

The application ensures that the investment period is longer or equal to the production period.
End (EOI) Enter the month and year in which the calculation ends.
"Define investment period manually" checkbox The checkbox is only available, if the system settings allow you to overwrite the investment period manually.
Interest group
Interest periods Display of the interest period in use. This is defined in the system settings and cannot be edited in the project. You can set monthly and annual interest periods.
Nominal interest rate Corresponds to the annual interest rate on capital. The interest rate on capital is defined via an assigned location.
Conform interest rate

The conform interest rate is imputed from the nominal interest rate for monthly interest periods. The interest for monthly interest payment with the conform interest rate correspond to the interests for annual interest payment with a nominal interest rate.
Net Present Value Date group
Relative The SOP and EOP, or SOI and EOI are displayed relative to the net present value date. The date can be defined in the system settings.
Date

Shows the net present value date depending on the defined investment period of the system settings:

  • Yearly: Shows the year
  • Monthly: Shows the month(s) and year
"Define date manually" checkbox The checkbox can only be activated if the system settings allow you to define the date manually.

 

Cash Flow tab

Note

The "Cash Flow" tab is not available for the Multi project .

Figure: Investments Category, Cash Flow tab

  • "View" combobox

    Choose between 3 different views on the additional cost cash flow:

    • Investments

    • Yearly payments (default)

    • Monthly payments (only available for monthly investment periods)

  • Field Chooser button:

    Click this button to open the "Field Chooser" dialog.

    You can show or hide individual columns with additional values, provided that you have read permission on the values. The column selection is user-specifically saved. The attributes are hidden by default; they can be displayed but not edited.

Column Description
Year Year in which pay ins and pay outs of the investment origin occur.
Investment Origin

Shows the type of the investment origin.

  • Additional costs
  • Project-specific machine

    • A project-specific machine can only be selected if you have defined an option for the transfer of the machine investment (except for the "No coverage" option).

    Further Information > Machine Properties dialog, Investment Tab
Name Name of the investment origin
Path Path of investment origin in the project structure
Distribution Mode

Selection of the cash flow course per investment origin The distribution mode determines how the cash flow is being distributed over the investment period/project period.

  • Standard

    Here pay ins and pay outs are automatically determined based on the cost allocation.

  • Manual

    Enter the annual payments of the investments manually as absolute or percentage values. You can distribute costs manually across several production years or several additional costs elements. Annual payments can also be entered in the "Investments" tab in the project cockpit.

    Further Information > Cash Flow tab

  • Payment Rules

    Here pay ins and pay outs are automatically determined based on the cost allocation.

    The "Payment Rules" entry is only available if at least one rules has been defined in the system settings. If several payment rules apply, the first one is used (see Position).

    Further Information > System settings, Investments

Total Pay Out

(EUR / Percent)

 Shows the sum of all pay outs.

Yearly Pay Out

(EUR / Percent)

 Shows pay outs per year.

Pay Out Deviation

(EUR / Percent)

 Shows the remaining pay outs available for distribution.

Total Pay In

(EUR / Percent)

 Shows the sum of all pay ins.

Yearly Pay In

(EUR / Percent)

 Shows pay ins per year.

Pay In Deviation

(EUR / Percent)

 Shows the remaining pay ins available for distribution.

Additional columns in the Monthly payments view:

Column Description
Month Month in which pay ins and pay outs of the investment origin occur.
Monthly Pay Out Shows pay outs per month.
Monthly Pay In Shows pay ins per month.

 

Key Figures tab

Figure: Investments Category, Key Figures tab

Static Investment Calculation

Revenue The revenue is determined by the monthly sales prices and is converted into the project currency.
Product costs The product costs are determined by the monthly product costs, and are converted into the project currency. The monthly product costs are constant throughout the considered year
Profit The profit equals the difference from revenues and costs.
Investments Investments correspond to the sum of all defined disbursements of additional costs and machines throughout the project period. Investments are converted into the project currency.
Direct payments (Refunds) Refunds equal to the sum of all defined deposits of additional costs, and are converted into the project currency.
Total Pay In Equals the sum of refunds and revenues.
Total Pay Out Equals the sum of investments and costs.
Return on Invest (ROI) Equals the ratio from profit and investments in %.
Amortization period (static) Equals the average overplus amount of periods divided by the investments without considering the capital interest.

with

The months from SOI to EOI are used for P.

An amortization period under 0 is not shown. A line is shown instead.

I Sum of all investment-affective pay outs
PUe Average period overplus amount
U Revenue over lifetime
E Direct payments/Deposits
K Product costs
P Number of periods

 

Dynamic Investment Calculation

Capital value (Net present value) The capital value is calculated based on the net present value and the period overplus amount which are discounted by the conform interest rate. No discount is made within the period that is directly defined by the net present value.
Internal nominal interest rate The internal interest rate is that interest for which the capital value is 0. Monthly and annual interest periods are considered.
Amortization period (dynamic) Number of periods from SOI until the net present value reaches 0 or until the accumulated period overplus amounts switch from negative to positive.