FACTON Content
The FACTON Content contains benchmark data which is available in the master data. By repeatedly updating FACTON during the year, you can always use current benchmark data as a calculatory basis in the target cost calculation.
The table shows which data the FACTON Content contains:
| Category | Content | Scope |
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| Locations | Worldwide costs of space, interest rate and energy costs | Currently > 100 regions |
| Employees (wage data) | With 15 qualification levels per industry and 18 industries per location | Currently 270 data records per location |
| Machine | Machine costs, consumption rates, performance rate and maintenance costs | Currently 900 |
| Basic materials | Calculates basic materials prices based on composition and market values | Currently > 270 (metals and plastics) |
| Overhead costs | Worldwide for 18 select industries depending on company size, material to sales ratio and level of automation | Currently > 680 data records |
FACTON EPC Content Categories
The following sections will provide you with detailed information about the individual master data categories of the FACTON EPC Content.
Locations Factors category
FACTON EPC Content locations offer users average values for interest rates, energy costs and costs of space in a specific country.
Wages category
The FACTON Content wages category contains wage data for 18 industries and over 100 regions in 15 qualification levels each. These qualification levels are based on the compensation framework agreement (ERA) system. To make it easier to compare them in Germany and around the world, they are defined as follows:
| Pay scale | Description |
|---|---|
| EG01 (Unskilled employee/inexperienced) | Simple work that can be performed without previous job knowledge following a short training period and brief instruction. |
| EG02 (Unskilled employee/experienced) | Work that requires job knowledge and skills with a certain amount of experience and a training period of at least 4 weeks. |
| EG03 (Skilled employee/inexperienced) | Work that requires technical knowledge and job knowledge and skills with additional experience that go beyond the requirements of the previous wage groups. |
| EG04 (Skilled employee/experienced) | Work that requires comprehensive technical and job knowledge and skills that are attained through completed education in a recognized semi-skilled occupation or an equivalent managerial education and corresponding experience. |
| EG05 (Completed education/inexperienced) | Specialized work that requires specialized skills that are attained through properly completed education geared towards the respective specialty, or work whose performance requires equivalent specialized skills and specialized knowledge. |
| EG06 (Completed education/experienced) | Difficult work that requires special skills and many years of experience. |
| EG07 (Additional specialist training of at least 1 year/inexperienced) | Employee who, after receiving detailed instruction, can independently perform tasks that require knowledge and skills that are generally learned through an education program or a technical or commercial career. |
| EG08 (Additional specialist training of at least 1 year/experienced) | Employee who, after receiving instruction, can perform defined tasks that require solid technical knowledge and job skills. Tasks that require a high degree of technical knowledge and experience. |
| EG09 (Additional specialist training of at least 2 years/inexperienced) | Training equivalent to that of foreman with coordination and supervisory authority and with technical responsibility for a group of employees or auxiliary activity for the department foreman. |
| EG10 (Additional specialist training of at least 2 years/experienced) | Training equivalent to that of foreman with coordination and supervisory authority and with technical responsibility for a mid-size to large shop or a corresponding department. |
| EG11 (Completed education at a university of applied science) | Employee who can perform his/her work independently and responsibly and whose work requires multifaceted technical knowledge – including in adjacent work areas – and/or long-term, comprehensive professional experience. |
| EG12 (Completed education at a university) | Responsible, demanding tasks within the framework of general guidelines without special managerial responsibility. Requires knowledge and skills that are generally obtained through a completed course of study. |
| EG13 (Manager/inexperienced) | Responsible, demanding tasks within the framework of general guidelines as a group or department head with managerial responsibility. Requires knowledge and skills that are generally obtained through a completed course of study. |
| EG14 (Manager/experienced) | Complex managerial task areas as a department head or area head (authorized representative) with serious decision-making authority. Requires knowledge and skills that are generally obtained through a completed course of study. |
| EG15 (Executive manager) | Executive managerial tasks within a company or managerial factory manager of a manufacturing facility. |
The wage data listed here is the product of the computed net hourly rate and a social overhead cost factor. This social overhead cost factor is listed separately in the description field and includes the following additional personnel costs:
- Retirement, health, nursing care, unemployment insurance
- Professional associations
- Company pensions
- Voluntary social benefits
- Vacation pay and holiday bonuses
- Capital-forming benefits
- Account management charges
- Further training
- Holidays and vacation days
- Sick days
- Staff meetings
These values are averages for the corresponding industry and qualification level at the respective locations. Since not all countries have all of the social benefits listed here, the social overhead cost factors may fluctuate dramatically in some cases. However, the net hourly wage offers a direct basis for comparison. Additional personnel costs are average values for the corresponding industry and qualification level in the respective locations.
Not every country uses all of the social benefits listed here. Consequently, the social overhead cost factors are subject to fluctuations. The net hourly wage offers a direct basis for comparison.
Machines Category
The machines category is delivered with around 900 machines classified according to manufacturing process.
The machine data is not manufacturer-specific.
The following properties are provided per machine:
| Properties | Description |
|---|---|
| Depreciation Period (Years) | Imputed depreciation period in machine or system years. |
| Acquisition Value | Total machine investment |
| Connected Load (kW) | Electrical value listed for the system. Maximum value – for example, that which is briefly achieved as the maximum during the start-up phase. |
| Manufacturing Method | The Content machines are group by the manufacturing method. With the help of the manufacturing method you can find the appropriate machine. |
| Installation Costs | Additional installation costs prior to commissioning |
| Maintenance (%) | Overhead cost factor to cover machine and tool maintenance including material costs input. |
| Machine Type | Describes the machine group |
| Residual value in % | Residual value of the machine at the end of the depreciation period |
| Technical performance parameters | Depending on the specific machine, performance parameters are provided such as clamping force, clamping surface, etc.. |
| Technical Availability | Percentage value for determining the costs of machine servicing and maintenance. Availability corresponds to maximum production capacity. |
Basic Materials Category
The basic materials category includes prices and densities of iron, NF metals and plastics. These prices are determined based on the global market prices for the raw materials traded on stock exchanges and are computed and updated by combining the alloys (for metals) and/or price indexes (for plastics). The calculations performed take production processes into consideration (e.g. scrap ratios in steel production). For metals, the price refers to the material price following slab production. For plastics, the price refers to the trading price as granulate, grist or bale goods.
| Properties | Description |
|---|---|
| Material Classification | Materials are classified by manufacturing method and is used to group and search materials. |
| Density | Is a property of the material specified in mass per volume that you need to calculate cost models. |
| Shape Type | Each semi-finished part has a certain shape. FACTON make this with the share type. |
| Price per Unit | Specification of material costs in price per mass. |
Overhead Rates Category
The FACTON Content overhead rates contain more than 500,000 benchmark data records for materials, manufacturing, sales, administration, development, logistics and maintenance. The data is maintained depending on the country, industry, level of automation in manufacturing, material percentage of the product price and the manufacturing location’s sales volume.
The sales volume refers to the manufacturing location; it does not correspond to the sales volume for the entire company or group of companies.
The table below details the information included in the individual overhead rates:
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| Manufacturing Overhead Rate |
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| Administrative Overhead Rate |
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| Sales Overhead Rate |
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All of these areas and functions are assigned personnel costs, employer personnel surcharge costs and material costs and their percentages are calculated based on sales volume. For instance, the following cost types are assigned to material costs: vehicle fleet, services, rights, licenses, materials, setup, depreciation costs, energy costs.