Case Study, Upgrade of the mixing plant (PART 5)

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Cost Analysis

 

Cost-Benefit Analysis measures the financial impact of the project. With the tank farm it shall be an in-house plant upgrading because it will be developed by company personnel, using the company equipment, hardware, and software only a few items will be purchased.

Interpretation of the Cost-Benefit Analysis

  • Development costs

Development costs are incurred only once at the time the system is developed. i.e., they can be estimated from the onset of a project and should be refined at the end of each phase of the project. These development costs include:

PLC Hardware and software, computer software and hardware, purchase of installation equipment, personnel Costs (Overtime during development) and training.

  • Operational Costs

These tend to occur throughout the lifetime of the system, e.g., system maintenance costs, salaries, data backups and can be classified as fixed and variable costs.

Variable costs: occur in some proportion to some usage factor such as printer paper ink and prorata overhead cost.

Fixed Costs: occur at regular intervals but are relatively at fixed rates e.g., software license payment and prorated salaries of support personnel.

 

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