Facilities Cost
The Facility budget accounts for the annual costs associated the factory as a whole, including rent, insurance and utility costs (excluding the costs to run the machines).
All these costs depend on work center footprint, which includes the machine footprint plus extra area around the machine (for example for safety, gas lines, and so forth). Rent depends on work center footprint increased by a non-production-area factor, in order to account for non-production space such as hallways and front offices.
Facilities cost is calculated with the following formulas:
Facilities Cost = Annual Rent + Insurance + Utilities
Annual Rent = Work Center Footprint * (1 + Nonproduction Footprint Factor) * Annual Cost Per Square Foot
Work Center Footprint = Machine Length * Machine Width * Allowance Factor
Machine length (specified by the machine property Machine Length)
Machine width (specified by the machine property Machine Width)
Allowance factor (specified by the machine property Allowance Factor For Machine Footprint)
Insurance = Annual Rent * (Fire Factor + Loss Factor + Liability Factor)
Annual Rent = Work Center Footprint * (1 + Nonproduction Footprint Factor) * Annual Cost Per Square Foot
Work Center Footprint = Machine Length * Machine Width * Allowance Factor
Machine length (specified by the machine property Machine Length)
Machine width (specified by the machine property Machine Width)
Allowance factor (specified by the machine property Allowance Factor For Machine Footprint)
Fire Factor (specified by the VPE variable Fire Insurance Factor; 0.001 in aPriori starting point VPEs)
Loss Factor (specified by the VPE variable Loss Insurance Factor; 0.1 in aPriori starting point VPEs)
Liability Factor (specified by the VPE variable Liability Insurance Factor; 0.1 in aPriori starting point VPEs)
Utilities = Annual Rent * (Electric Factor + Heat/Gas Factor + Water Factor)
Annual Rent = Work Center Footprint * (1 + Nonproduction Footprint Factor) * Annual Cost Per Square Foot
Work Center Footprint = Machine Length * Machine Width * Allowance Factor
Machine length (specified by the machine property Machine Length)
Machine width (specified by the machine property Machine Width)
Allowance factor (specified by the machine property Allowance Factor For Machine Footprint)
Electric Factor (specified by the VPE variable Facility Electricity Factor; 0.01 in aPriori starting point VPEs)
Heat/Gas Factor (specified by the VPE variable Facility Heat and Gas Factor; 0.1 in aPriori starting point VPEs)
Water Factor (specified by the VPE variable Facility Water Factor; 0.01 in aPriori starting point VPEs)