Investments

In this interface, you can define system-wide presettings for the investment period, cash value time, investment periods for projects, and payment rules for investments.

The default values used in the system settings are also used when creating a new project.

"Investment Period" group

• "Define investment planning horizon" checkbox

  When activated, the default values for the investment period are accepted when a new project is created.

   

• SOI date combobox

  Enter the start of investment (SOI). Define, how many years the investment period is scheduled to begin before the start of production (SOP).

• EOI date combobox

  Enter the end of investment (EOI). Define, how many years the investment period is scheduled to end after the end of production (EOP).

• "User can overwrite investment period" checkbox

  When this checkbox is activated, the Project Cockpit > Investments category shows the "Define investment period manually" checkbox which can be activated to overwrite the preset values of the investment period in the project.

• "Provide the external rate for additional costs in the investment appraisal" checkbox

  If the checkbox is activated, the external share of the additional costs is being considered as payment in the investment appraisal.

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  Please contact your customer support to (de)activate this setting.

• "Provide the machine residual value in the investment appraisal" checkbox

  If the checkbox is activated, the residual value is being considered as payment in the investment appraisal.

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  Please contact your customer support to (de)activate this setting.

"Net Present Value Date" group

• "Default value"s date combobox

  Set the default net present value date. The net present value date can be set relatively to SOP, EOP, SOI or EOI.

• "User can overwrite net present value date" checkbox

  When this checkbox is activated, the Project Cockpit > Investments category shows the "Define date manually" checkbox which can be activated to overwrite the preset values of the net present value date in the project.

"Periods" group

• "Investment periods" combobox

  Select the investment period:

  • Annually, if you wish to activate an investment calculation on an annual basis
  • Monthly, if you wish to activate an investment calculation on a monthly basis

    Further, you can monthly distribute cash in and cash out in the project.

• "Interest periods" combobox

  Requirements

  If you have selected the "Monthly" investment period.

  Select the interest period:

  • Annually, if you wish to activate an interest calculation on an annual basis
  • Monthly, if you wish to activate an interest calculation on a monthly basis

• "Define quantities" combobox

  Select, how quantities are defined.

  • Annually, if you wish to enter the quantities of a year.
  • Monthly, if you wish to enter the quantities for individual months.

• "Define sales prices" combobox

  Select, how sales prices are defined:

  • Annually, if you wish to enter the sales price of a year. When selecting an annual definition (default setting), the monthly sales prices are read-only and cannot be edited. This also applies to batch Data Administration.
  • Annually and monthly, if you wish to enter the sales price of a year and month.

 

"Payment Rules for Investments" group

The payment rules can be used to administer pay in and pay out dates for investments for Additional Costs and machines . The payment rules are implicitly active if at least one rule exists per investment type. You maintain payment rules in a two-level table.

Table of the first level (rule conditions)

Column	Description
Position	Payment rules are used in the order position given here. The position can be changed using the "Up" and "Down" buttons.
Name [multilingual]	Payment rule name. Enter a name in both of these columns if you want to edit names in multiple languages. For more information on multilingualism, see Multilingual Names.
Investment Origin	Defines for which calculation object the investment rule was defined. Select for the investment origin: Additional Costs Machine
Condition	Condition that has to be fulfilled at the calculation element for the payment rule to apply. You can use formulas as in the costing schema and access Attributes such as project and investment elements. If conditions are met for multiple payment rules, the first payment rule in this order is used (see Position).
Payment Direction	Define the direction of payment. Choose between: Pay In Pay Out

 

Table of the second level (proportional payment)

Column	Description
Reference Date	The reference date and the offset relative to it are used to define the payment date. Choose between: Start of production (SOP) Start of investment (SOI) End of production (EOP) End of investment (EOI)
Offset [years]	The offset indicates how many years before or after the reference date the proportional payment is made. For a period before the reference date the offset must be entered as negative, e.g. SOI -1.
Proportional Payment [%]	The proportional payment related to the total investment amount.