Opex Entities
- 1.1 Name
- 1.2 Category
- 1.3 Account
- 1.4 Driver
- 1.5 Value
- 1.6 Bounds
- 1.7 Start
- 1.8 End
- 1.9 Financing Mode
- 1.10 Production Units
- 1.11 Indexation
- 1.12 Methods of Payment
- 1.13 Calculation
- 2 Driver "Percent of Equity"
- 3 Payment Mode "Recurring Prepayment"
Opex entities
Opex entities cover a flexible amount of cost components. The categorization serves as grouping of the different entities.
Input Field | Description | Unit | Presetting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Name | Opex entity name | Free text | "Opex" + Index | ||||||
Category | Cost component category | Selection | Not Assigned | ||||||
Account | The account selection allows besides regular payment as Account Payable also Pre Payments and Provisions in a triad between Profit & Loss Statement, Cashflow Statement and Balance Sheet:
| Selection | Account Payable | ||||||
Driver | The available drivers per section are listed on the following page: Driver |
| Sales | ||||||
Value | Input of a value proper to the selected driver. Note that ou can also add different currencies as explained here: Currency Converter | Value in combination with driver | 0 | ||||||
Bounds | With these functions caps and floors can be defined for the Opex entities.
| Selection | Fix per Production Unit | ||||||
Start | Opex entity start defined through a Date Choice Box. For example: "Start at Production Unit Start", that is Production Unit Start + 0 months. When the Production Unit Start Date is before the Transaction Date (TRX) and the account selection is "Pre Payment" or "Provision", the book value is calculated automatically per Transaction Date as corrected Value per Transaction. The entered month corresponds to the first day of this month (inclusive). For example: Start 01 /2015 means that the Opex cost component is considered from 01.01.2015 according to the Driver/Value input. | Production Unit Start + 0 months | |||||||
End | Opex entity end defined through a Date Choice Box. For example: "for the last time at production end", that is Production End + 0 months. The entered month corresponds to the last day of this month (inclusive). For example: End 12 /2015 means that the Opex cost component is considered until 31.12.2015 according to the Driver/Value input. | Production Unit End + 0 months | |||||||
Financing Mode | Selection | Internal | |||||||
Production Units | Selection of the concerned production unit. The presetting is that all production units are concerned. With a change to "Some" you can choose individual production units. | Production Unit allocation | All | ||||||
Indexation | Allocation to an Indexation, for example an inflation of 2%. Is no Indexation allocated, the concerned value stays constant over time. | Indexation allocation | None | ||||||
Methods of Payment | With "Pre Payment" or "Provision" as account a Payment Date has to be defined through a Date Choice Box. | Methods of Payment allocation | None |
Calculation
The Opex entities affect the Opex calculations.
Driver "Percent of Equity"
The operating cost is derived from the equity invested in the project. The annual cost equals the entered percentage applied to the accumulated equity funding up to that month; it therefore grows step-wise with each equity injection.
Annual cost = (value / 100) × accumulated equity funding
Monthly cost = (value / 100 / 12) × accumulated equity funding
Input Field | Description |
|---|---|
Value | Percentage per year, applied to the equity funded to date. Entered as a plain percentage (no currency or scale). |
Financing Mode | Must not be "External" – the driver is based on the project's own equity funding and cannot be combined with externally financed Opex. |