Opex calculations

Indexations help to consider inflation.

When there are yearly expenses with an amount of EUR 24'000, this amount increases because of inflation. The expenses in the first month are EUR 2'000. With an Inflation of 2% and a Inflation Frequency per month the second month expenses are 2'003.30 = EUR 2000 * (1 + 2%)^1/12. The Inflation Frequency defines how often the inflation occurs.

A Cap or/and Floo value can be added to particular Sales and Opex entities. Dependent from a Driver, a Value for the Cap and Floor bounds is defined. The Floor Values are binding, when the Sales or Opex costs are below the Floor Value. The Cap Values are binding, when the Sales or Opex costs are above the Cap Value.

When a Single amount per Production Unit or per Project is used as Sales or Opex driver, the End date should be Start + 1 months to get a "real" single amount. Otherwise the single amount is divided through the months between start and end. In this case the Cap/Floor value is compared with the single amount divided by the amount of months.

Floor

Cap

Method of Payment (Account = Account Payable)

With the help of Methods of Payment dates/events can be defined for the first invoicing. From this date/event on the expenses/earnings get payed in regular intervals. With an expense of for example EUR 24'000 per year, the first invoicing in 03 / 2016 and a Payment Frequency of 3 months, the EUR 24'000 will be divided in 12/3 = 4 payments of the same size.

Payment Date (Account = Pre Payment)

When Pre Payment is selected as account, a date has to be set with the help of a Date Choice Box. On this date the expense of the whole Project Lifetime is payed. With an expense of EUR 18'000 per year and a Project Lifetime of 20 years, the capital drain on the defined date, in this case 01 / 2016, is EUR 18'000 x 20 years = EUR 360'000. When the defined date is before Transaction, the capital drain will occur at Transaction.

Payment Date (Account = Provision)

When Provision is selected as account, a date has to be set with the help of a Date Choice Box. On this date the expense of the whole Project Lifetime is payed. With a expense of EUR 18'000 per year and a Project Lifetime of 20 years, the capital drain on the defined date, in this case 12 / 2036, is EUR 18'000 x 20 years = EUR 360'000.

The Balance Sheet gets calculated from the closing Balance Sheet of the previous period and from the difference between the Profit & Loss statement and the Cashflow statement of the actual period.

Balance Sheet(t) = Balance Sheet(t - 1) + Profit & Loss statement(t) - Cashflow statement(t)

The following example explains this functionality:

For 06 / 2016 the book value is calculated as follows:

Balance Sheet(06.2016) = 8 + 4 - 12 = 0