DME 814 Computer Integrated Manufacturing
DME 814 Computer Integrated Manufacturing
DME 814 Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Computer Integrated
Manufacturing
Lecture # 4
Justifying Investments
Human Resource Requirements
Quality Issues
Implementation Difficulties / Analysis of Manufacturing
Operations
FINANCIAL JUSTIFICATION
The cost of CIM technology must be justified for an
investment. Be it a robot or CNC equipment, technology
for technology's sake makes little business sense; the
company adopting it must benefit financially.
FINANCIAL JUSTIFICATION
The decision to fund any CIM technology reflects the
benefits expected from the investment. Methods
commonly used in determining financial feasibility are
(a) payback period
(b) rate of return
(c) present worth
(d) uniform annual cost.
Payback Period
PP=C/(S-A)
PP= Payback period
C= Required Investment
S= Annual Savings
A= Annual Cost of utilizing investment
Example: A welding stations costs $ 295,000;
Robot shall replace five manual welders; welder
cost is $15/hour and works one shift for 8 hours;
Year=250 working days; Robot supervision is half
the time of semi skilled operator at a cost of $10
per hour and annual cost of robot spares is $ 500.
Project is acceptable of pay back is less than three
years. Pay back=?
Payback Period
C=$295,000
S= 5 x 2000 hours x $15 per hour
S= $ 150,000/
A= 0.5(($10 / hour x 2000 hours) + $ 500
A= $ 10,500