The MA cost model assumes that the cost of a part is made up of a material element and a process element. The calibration process adjusts the process element of the component cost to reflect your actual costs in your preferred currency.
The material costs database must be populated before the calibration process is carried out, as the cost of material will be subtracted from the known cost of the component before the calibration factor is calculated.
Data is entered for an existing component which has a known manufacturing cost against a particular process. Multiple sets of data for the same process can be used to refine the calibration.
If no data is available for some of the processes, one of the calibrated processes can be defined as the 'default process'. The calibration from this process will then be used for the uncalibrated ones. This accounts for different currencies and local cost conditions, but is obviously less accurate than calibrating each process.
The components 'base' and 'cover' have been used in the above example to calibrate the plastic injection moulding process. A full MA has been completed for each component. 'APQ' shows the Annual Production Quantity. The 'Cost' column shows the known cost for making each component.
