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Costs
Engineering Costs, Estimation Models &
Cash flow Diagram
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Learning Objectives
Understand various cost concepts
Breakeven charts
Understand various cost estimation
models
Be able to estimate engineering costs with
various models
Cash Flow Diagrams
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Engineering Costs & Cost Estimating
Key Question: Where do the numbers come from that we use in
engineering economic analysis?
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Cost Terminologies
Cost is the “price paid by the user of scare economic resources to the
provider of the resources”. The study of engineering economics involves
many costs as evaluating a set of feasible alternatives requires that
many costs be analyzed.
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Cost Terminologies Cntd…
On the basis of changes in total costs in relation to certain specified
volume :
Total cost
Average cost
Marginal cost
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Short Run & Long Run Costs
The Short-run costs have a short-term service period, usually up
to one year. Costs incurred on materials, operating expenses like
cost of labor and utilities like power, water they are known as
short term cost.
The long-run costs are those cost whose benefits period extend
for several future year. Purchase of fixed assets like land, building,
machines, furniture, vehicles etc. Cost incurred on research and
development and training to employees are treated as long-term
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Engineering Costs
Fixed costs
The costs that do not change during the time horizon of the
study. They may relate to the constant costs of equipment,
utilities, rent, etc.
Examples:
Property taxes, insurance
Management and administrative salaries
License fees, and interest costs on borrowed capital
Rental or lease
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Example
A manufacturing plant that assembles television sets has
variable output volume from 200 sets to 350 sets a day.
The building for both manufacturing and warehousing has
an area of 80, 000 square feet. It employs about 250
people. It produces all of the components that go into the
assembly.
An example for fixed cost in this plant is ------------------
A) Equipment Cost
B) Power cost Equipment cost stays the same
regardless the level of output once
C) Labor Cost the plant has been designed to
produce at a certain level.
D) Material Cost
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Engineering Costs
Variable costs
Costs that vary during the time horizon of the study &
Over the long-term all costs are variable.
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Example
A manufacturing plant that assembles television sets has
variable output volume from 200 sets to 350 sets a day.
The building for both manufacturing and warehousing has
an area of 80, 000 square feet. It employs about 250
people. It produces all of the components that go into the
assembly.
An example for variable cost in the plant is ---------------.
A) Building cost
B) Equipment Cost
C) Labor Cost Labor cost depends on the output level
D) Property Taxes
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Relevant Formulae
Total Variable Cost = Unit Variable Cost * Quantity
TVC = VC * Q
Total Cost = Total Fixed Cost + Total Variable Cost
TC = FC + VC * Q
Total Revenue = Unit Selling Price * Quantity
TR = SP * Q
where TVC = Total variable cost
VC = Variable cost per unit
Q = Production/Selling quantity
FC = Total Fixed costs
TR = Total revenue
SP = Selling price per unit
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Example
A company produces a single, high-volume product. One
year its production volume was 780,000 units, its fixed
costs were $3.2 million and its variable costs were $16 per
unit. What was the company's total cost for the year?
A) $3,200,000
B) $3,200,016 TVC = 780,000 x 16 = $12,480,000
C) $12,480,000 FC = $3.2M
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Profit and Loss Terms
In terms of costs and revenues there are three possible profit
and loss points for a business activity.
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Breakeven Analysis
Total Revenue
$
Variable Costs
Fixed Costs
Loss
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Example
A manufacturing firm’s specialty circuit board division has
annual fixed costs of $100,000
and variable costs of $20.00 per board.
If they charge $100 per circuit board, how many circuit
boards must they produce and sell in order to break even?
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Example
In breakeven analysis, the profit at the breakeven point is
equal to
A) The total cost The total revenue is equal to the total cost.
Therefore…
B) Zero
C) The total revenue
D) The variable cost multiplied by the number of items sold
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Marginal Costs & Average Costs
Marginal Costs : defined as the change in total costs with one unit
increase or decrease in the current quantity produced. It is used to
decide whether an additional unit should be made, purchased, or
enrolled in.
the variable cost for one more unit of output
Capacity Planning: excess capacity
Basis for last-minute pricing
ΔTC
ΔQ
Average Costs: It indicates the per unit cost at different level of
production activities. Because of the fixed element of the TFC, the
average cost per unit decreases as the production increases.
ATC = TC
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Example
What is marginal cost? Explain with an
example.
the cost of producing one additional unit.
used for making a decision of whether or not it is economical to produce
another unit of the same item.
For example, the total cost of producing one pen is $5 and the total cost of
producing two pens is $9, then the marginal cost of expanding output by
one unit is $4 only (9 - 5 = 4).
The marginal cost of the second unit is the difference between the total cost
of the second unit and total cost of the first unit. The marginal cost of the
5th unit is $5. It is the difference between the total cost of the 6th unit and
the total cost of the, 5th unit and so forth.
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Albert’s Charter Bus Venture
(example)
Albert plans to charter a bus to take people to see a wrestling match
show in Jacksonville. His wealthy uncle will reimburse him for his
personal time, so his time cost can be ignored.
• Which of the above are fixed and which are variable costs?
• How do we compute Albert’s total cost if he takes n people to Jacksonville?
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Albert’s Charter Bus Venture (example)
Answer: Total Cost = $225 + $20 n.
Graph of Total Cost Equation:
Total cost
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marginal cost
-The cost to take one more person
Marginal and Average Costs
average cost
- Average cost: the cost per person
$300.00
Avg.$250.00
Cost = TC/n
Avg.$200.00
Cost = ($225+$20n)/n
= $20 + $225/n Average
Cost
$150.00 Marginal
Trip Ticket
For n = 30, TC = $885
$100.00
Marginal and Average Costs
$50.00 $250.00
$200.00
$0.00 Average
Cost
$150.00 Marginal
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 Trip Ticket
$100.00
Number of People
$50.00
$0.00
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23
Number of People
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Question: Do we have enough information yet to decide
how much money Albert will make on his venture? What
else must we know?
Albert needs to know his total revenue
Albert knows that similar ventures in the past have charged
$35 per person, so that is what he decides to charge
Total Revenue = 35n (for n people)
Total profit =
Total Revenue – Total Cost:
35n – (225 + 20n) = 15n – 225
Question:
How many people does Albert need to break even?
(not lose money on his venture)
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Albert's Charter Bus Venture
Question:
How many people does Albert need to break even?
$1,000.00
Solve$600.00
15 n – 225 = 0 => n=15
more$400.00
than 15, he makes money
Total Cost
Cost
Revenue
$200.00 Profit
$0.00
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
($200.00)
($400.00)
Number of People
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Albert’s Charter Bus Venture
(example)
Where is the Loss Region?
Where is the Profit Region?
Where is the Breakeven point?
$1,000.00
$800.00
$600.00
Total Cost
$400.00 Cost
Revenue
$200.00 Profit
$0.00
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
($200.00)
($400.00)
Number of People
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Example 2-1
Total Revenue
$1000 = 35X
Variable Costs
$600 = 20X
$400
Fixed Costs
$200 Loss = $225
X
$0
5 10 15 20 25 # of Customers
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Exercise 2.3
A new machine comes with 100 free service hours over the
first year. Additional time costs $75 per hour. What are the
average and marginal costs per hour for the following
quantities?
a) 75 hours
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Exercise 2.3
A new machine comes with 100 free service hours over the
first year. Additional time costs $75 per hour. What are the
average and marginal costs per hour for the following
quantities?
b) 125 hours
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Exercise 2.3
A new machine comes with 100 free service hours over
the first year. Additional time costs $75 per hour. What are
the average and marginal costs per hour for the following
quantities?
c) 250 hours
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Exercise 2.7
A privately owned summer camp for youngsters has the following data for a
12-week session:
Charge per camper $120 per week
Fixed costs $48,000 per session
Variable cost per camper $80 per week
Capacity 200 campers
a) Develop the mathematical relationships for total cost and total revenue.
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Exercise 2.7
A privately owned summer camp for youngsters has the
following data for a 12-week session:
Charge per camper $120 per week
Fixed costs $48,000 per session
Variable cost per camper $80 per week
Capacity 200 campers
b) What is the total number of campers that will allow the camp to
just break even?
$48,000 = $480 x
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Exercise 2.7
A privately owned summer camp for youngsters has the
following data for a 12-week session:
Charge per camper $120 per week
Fixed costs $48,000 per session
Variable cost per camper $80 per week
Capacity 200 campers
c) What is the profit or loss for the 12-week session if the camp
operates at 80% capacity
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Exercise 2.7
A privately owned summer camp for youngsters has the
following data for a 12-week session:
Charge per camper $120 per week
Fixed costs $48,000 per session
Variable cost per camper $80 per week
Capacity 200 campers
d) What are marginal and average costs per camper at
80% capacity?
x = 160
Marginal cost is the slope of the equation which is
equal to $960
Average cost is Total Cost/x
= ($48,000 + $960 * 160)/160 = $1260
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Sunk Costs
Costs associated with decisions already made.
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Sunk Costs
Example:
Suppose that three years ago your parents bought you a
laptop PC for $2000.
How likely is it that you can sell it today for what it cost?
Suppose you can sell the laptop today for $400. Does the
$2000 purchase cost have any effect on the selling price
today?
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Example
All of the following are usually included in an engineering
economic analysis except
A) Fixed costs
B) Variable costs
C) Sunk costs
D) Total revenue
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Opportunity Costs
Using a resource in one activity instead of another
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Sunk and Opportunity Cost-1
Example 2-3. A distributor of electric pumps must decide what
to do with a "lot" of old electric pumps that was purchased 3
years ago. Soon after the Distributor purchased the lot,
technology advances were made. These advances made the old
pumps less desirable to customers. The pumps are becoming
more obsolescent as they sit in inventory. The pricing manager
has the following information.
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Sunk and Opportunity Cost-2
Example 2-3. (cont.)
Item Amount Type of Costs
Case can currently be sold for $3,000 Actual market value today
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IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT COST
The implicit cost are also consider in terms
The explicit cost is certain and fixed
E.g.. 10% interest on bond.
The implicit cost are also consider in terms of incidental events or cost
of inconvenience. al events or cost of
inconvenience.
Recurring Costs and Non-recurring Costs
Recurring Costs: Repetitive, and occur when a firm produces
similar goods and services on a continuing basis
Office space rental
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Incremental Costs
Incremental Costs: Difference in costs between two
alternatives.
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Example 2-3
Choosing between Model A & B
Cost Items Model A Model B Incremental Cost
On the other hand, the cost of buying lunch after purchasing the
bike isn’t an incremental cost because you need to pay for that
regardless of whether you buy the bike
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Cash Costs versus Book Costs
Book Costs:
Costs that do not involve money/cash transaction
Cost effects from past decisions that are recorded in the books
(accounting books) of a firm
Do not represent cash flows
Not included in engineering economic analysis
One exception is for asset depreciation or for future cost
prediction.
Depreciation Example:
Depreciation is charged for the use of assets, such as plant
and equipment—This is used to determine the value of the
company and in computing taxes.
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Cash Costs versus Book Costs
Cash Costs:
Costs that involve money/cash transaction
Require the cash transaction of dollars from “one pocket to
another”.
Example:
Interest payments, taxes, etc.
You know from an xyz book that the book value of your car is
$6,000. The book value can be thought of as the book cost.
If you actually sell the car to a friend for $5,500, then the
cash cost to your friend is $5,500.
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Life-Cycle Costs
Life-cycle - all the time from the initial conception of an
idea to the death of a product (process).
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Phases of Life Cycle
1. Need 2.Conceptual 3. Detailed 4. Production 5.Operational 6. Decline/
Assessment Design Design /Construction Use Retirement
Requirements Impact Allocation of Production of Distribution of Phase Out
Analysis Analysis Resources Goods/ Goods/
Services Services
Overall Proof of Detailed Building of Maintenance/ Disposal
Feasibility Concept Specifications Supporting Support
Study Facilities
Conceptual Prototype/ Component/ Quality Retirement Retirement
Design Breadboard Supplier Control/ Planning
Planning Selection Assurance
Development/ Production Operational
Testing Planning Planning
Detailed
Design
Planning
30%
20%
10%
0%
Need Conceptual Detailed Production Operational Decline/
Assessment Design Design /Construction /Use Retirement
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Cost/Ease of Design Changes
in
Product Life Cycle
100%
90% Ease of Design Changes
80%
70%
60% Cost of Design Changes
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Need Conceptual Detailed Production Operational Decline/
Assessment Design Design /Construction /Use Retirement
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Summary
This chapter introduced the cost concepts: fixed and variable,
marginal and average, sunk, opportunity, recurring and
nonrecurring, incremental, cash and book, and lifecycle.
Fixed and variable costs are used to find the breakeven value
between costs and revenues, as well as the regions of net profit
and loss.
A marginal cost is for one more unit, while the average cost is the
total cost divided by the number of units.
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End of Chapter 2