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Unit price from machine hour rate (pre-calculation)

What does one piece cost and what does whole order cost?

Answer: When you want to price a series of turned or milled parts, you convert machine time to pounds with your company's machine hourly rate and add material. Set-up time is paid once and spread across all parts, so the piece price falls the bigger the series is. The hourly rate is your company's own (it covers machine, operator and overhead), so you enter it yourself.

Formula

Maskintid = opstillingstid + antal × styktid

Maskinomkostning = maskintid (timer) × maskintimesats

Kostpris pr. emne = maskinomkostning ÷ antal + materiale pr. emne

Margin and VAT are added afterwards (e.g. with the Calculation and margin tool).

Symbols and units in the formula
SymbolMeaningUnit
satsMachine hourly ratekr/time
opstillingSet-up time (programme, clamping, trial piece)min
styktidUnit time per partmin
antalNumber of parts in the runstk
materialeMaterial cost per piecekr/stk
=Food cost per itemkr/stk
=Food cost for the entire orderkr
=Of which set-up per partkr/stk
=Total machine timetimer

Validity and source

Source
Pre-costing (competence target: pre- and post-costing of machine parts)

Does not apply when

  • The calculator gives the cost price. You do the post-calculation the same way with the actual times used and compare the two.

Worked example

The calculator's own default values inserted. The figures are calculated with exactly the formula the tool uses.

Substituted

  • Machine hourly rate650 kr/time
  • Set-up time (programme, clamping, trial piece)45 min
  • Unit time per part3.50 min
  • Number of parts in the run40 stk
  • Material cost per piece28 kr/stk

Giver

  • Food cost per item78.10 kr/stk
  • Food cost for the entire order3,124 kr
  • Of which set-up per part12.19 kr/stk
  • Total machine time3.08 timer

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Sådan bruger du den

Når en kunde beder om en pris på en serie dele, laver du en forkalkulation. Du regner maskintiden om til kroner med virksomhedens maskintimesats og lægger materialet til. Efter ordren gør du det samme med de faktiske tider for at se, om tilbuddet holdt.

Step by step

  1. Find virksomhedens maskintimesats for den maskine, delene laves på.
  2. Anslå opstillingstiden og styktiden, fx fra CAM-programmets simulering.
  3. Indtast antal dele og materialeprisen pr. del.
  4. Aflæs kostprisen pr. del og for ordren. Avance og moms lægges på bagefter.

Typical errors

  • At bruge timelønnen i stedet for maskintimesatsen. Satsen dækker også maskine og fællesomkostninger.
  • At glemme opstillingen ved små serier.
  • At bruge CAM-programmets tid uden emneskift og kontrol.
  • At glemme spild og afstik i materialeprisen.

Examples from everyday life

40 aksler på CNC-drejebænken

En kunde vil have 40 aksler. Maskintimesatsen er 650 kr, opstillingen tager 45 minutter, styktiden er 3,5 minutter, og materialet koster 28 kr pr. aksel.

Machine hourly rate
650 kr/time
Set-up time (programme, clamping, trial piece)
45 min
Unit time per part
3.5 min
Number of parts in the run
40 pcs
Material cost per piece
28 kr/stk

It means: Kostprisen er 78.1 kr/stk, og hele ordren koster 3,124 kr. Opstillingen alene er 12.19 kr/stk af stykprisen.

Samme aksel i en serie på 400

Kunden spørger, hvad prisen bliver, hvis de bestiller 400 i stedet.

Machine hourly rate
650 kr/time
Set-up time (programme, clamping, trial piece)
45 min
Unit time per part
3.5 min
Number of parts in the run
400 pcs
Material cost per piece
28 kr/stk

It means: Stykprisen falder til 67.14 kr/stk, fordi opstillingen nu kun udgør 1.22 kr/stk. Ordren kræver 24.08 hours maskintid.

Rule of thumb

Opstillingen pr. del = sats × opstillingstid ÷ antal. Ti gange så mange dele giver en tiendedel.

How to check the answer

Kostpris pr. del × antal skal give ordrens kostpris.