FACTON Benchmark Content

The FACTON Content contains CALC4XL Benchmark data 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 "Content Supplier" property in the Details view of the master data object (e.g. machine or material) shows you the source of the Benchmark data "CALC4XL".

Benchmark Content
Includes the following Benchmark data:
Locations Workers Machines Materials Overhead Rates

The table shows which data the FACTON content contains:

Data	Content
Locations	Worldwide floorspace costs, interest rates, and energy costs
Workers (Wage Data)	With several different qualification levels per industrial sector (industry) and multiple location sectors per location
Machines	Machine costs, consumption rates, performance rates, and maintenance costs
Materials	Calculates basic material prices based on composition and market values
Overhead Rates	Worldwide for 6 selected industrial sectors depending on company size and material-to-sales ratio

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 content locations offer users average values for interest rates, energy costs and costs of space in a specific country.

Wages category

The FACTON EPC content wages category contains wage data for several different industries and over 100 regions. To make it easier to compare them nationally as well as internationally, they are defined as follows:

Labor Group (Wage Data)	Description
Unskilled	Unskilled laborer: semi-skilled person
Skilled	Skilled employee: qualified employee in training (journeyman) with several years of experience
Expert	Expert: qualified employee who carries out setup activities and may instruct other employees

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

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 labor rate offers a direct basis for comparison.

Machines category

The machines category delivers machines classified according to manufacturing processes.

The following properties are provided per machine:

Properties	Description
Depreciation Period (years)	Imputed depreciation period in machine or system years.
Purchase Value	Total machine investment.
Connected Load (kW)	Electrical value listed for the system. Maximum value, for example, 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 manufacturing 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.
Form type	Each semifinished part has a certain shape. FACTON displays this with the shape type.
Price per Unit	Specification of material costs in price per mass.

Overhead rates category

The FACTON Content overhead rates consist of a large number of Benchmark data.

The table below details the information included in the individual overhead rates.

Overhead Rate	Information included
Material Overhead Cost	Purchasing Scheduling (incl. accounting) Acceptance/receiving (incl. QA in receiving and accounting) Receiving storage location (warehouse costs, internal transport) Other (e.g. interns, trainees)
Manufacturing Overhead Cost	Factory management (market monitoring, strategy development, management) Production (coordination, employee leadership) Manufacturing (plant development, new acquisitions, optimization) Quality (data preparation, inspection and planning) Process planning (planning, cost accounting, optimization) Other (e.g. trainees, internal transport between systems)
Sales Overhead Cost	Sales/back office (customer care, customer management) Sales/field service (new customers, new orders, follow-up orders) Marketing (market monitoring, advertising, leadership concepts) Public relations (information, communication) Other sales (e.g. commissions, exhibitions, trade fairs)
Administration Overhead Cost	IT (system availability, security, performance) Human resources (administration, transfer, coordination) Business executives (management) General administration (accounting, controlling, financial statements) Miscellaneous Administration (special functions) Remaining administration (all costs may be incurred that can be directly allocated to the employee alongside personnel and material costs)
Development Overheads	Basic research (research, university partnerships) Product development (advances and new developments, design engineering) Technical customer support (customization) Other development (external services)
Maintenance overhead costs	Machines Plants Tools