TCO Calculation
13 Jan 2010
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For these purposes technique TCO also is created.
Bright example
For understanding of an essence of a design procedure of cumulative cost of possession, we will consider for an example purchase and car operation.
The car can be bought in salon, having paid this or that sum. Whether all is expenses? Is not present – it is necessary to insure still him, to legalise papers on the property right, to register the car in car inspection.
Further – working costs. Certainly that gasoline, oil, antifreeze, a liquid in a washer is necessary to the car. What? Still it is necessary to pay taxes to motor transport. So. It is periodically necessary to pass servicing. To change various “account materials” (filters, candles, tyres, lamps in headlights and so forth). To pass once a year checkup. Now, like – all.
In frameworks TCO it is “direct costs”. It is possible to calculate them with high degree of reliability in advance and to predict on all usage time of the car.
Now let’s walk under “indirect expenses”.
• the Car can break – there are many reasons which can result in it. It will be necessary to repair it independently (spending the time) or to carry in service – for money.
• the Car can get to road accident, it can steal at a stop or on parking.
• road accidents can harm health of the driver, passengers and other participants of movement.
• Casual or deliberate infringements PDD can lead to penalties, driver’s licence confiscation etc.
• All cases set forth above will take away your time and money. You will be late there where went, meetings, transactions and contracts will break, rest will be spoilt, someone will not meet from a train and the plane etc.
Absolutely clearly that such expenses can exceed initial cost of the car several times. Some of them can be considered and even to plan on the future, it is impossible to provide some. The Most part such “indirect expenses” directly depends on you -