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Factory Production/cost analysis

COST:

Number of heads

  1 2 4 6 12 15
             
Labor $6.50/hr. x 40 $260.00 $260.00 $260.00 $260.00 $260.00 $260.00
Overhead 150% Labor $390.00 $390.00 $390.00 $390.00 $390.00 $390.00
Average used machine cost $16,000. $25,000. $35,000. $45,000. $60,000. $70,000.
Monthly pymt. 60 months @ 12% $355.91 $556.11 $778.55 $1,001.00 $1,334.67 $1,557.11
Weekly pymt. $82.13 $128.34 $179.67 $231.00 $308.00 $359.34
One shift utilization 8 hours/day $732.13 $778.34 $829.67 $881.00 $958.00 $1,009.34
Two shift utilization 16 hours/day $992.13 $1,038.34 $1,179.34 $1,141.00 $1,218.00 $1,269.34
(Add 125% of labor =$325)            
             
Production:            
6,000 stitch pattern (3-color)            
700 stitches per minute            
Running =6000/700 spm 8.6 min 8.6 min 8.6 min 8.6 min 8.6 min 8.6 min
Framing .5 min 1.0 min 1.5 min 2.0 min 2.0 min 2.0 min
Color change .5 min .5 min .5 min .5 min .5 min .5 min
Total cycle time 9.6 min 10.1 min 10.6 min 11.1 min 11.1 min 11.1 min
             
Cycle/shift=420min/shift 43.75 cyc 41.58 cyc 39.62 cyc 37.84 cyc 37.84 cyc 37.84 cyc
by min/cycle            
Dozen/shift 3.65 dz 6.93 dz 13.2 dz 18.92 dz 37.84 dz 47.3 dz
Dozen/week(one shift) 18.23 dz 34.65 dz 66 dz 94.59 dz 189.19 dz 236.49 dz
Dozen/week(one shift) 36.46 dz 69.31 dz 132 dz 189.19 dz 378.38 dz 472.97 dz
             
Production Cost/doz $40.16 $22.46 $12.57 $9.31 $5.06 $4.26
Plus .27/doz for backing $0.27 $0.27 $0.27 $0.27 $0.27 $0.27
Plus .18/doz for thread $0.18 $0.18 $0.18 $0.18 $0.18 $0.18
Total cost/doz $40.61 $22.93 $13.02 $9.76 $5.51 $4.71
Cost each (doz cost/12) $3.38 $1.91 $1.09 $0.81 $0.46 $0.39
Cost/1000 stitches(cost each/6) $0.56 $0.32 $0.18 $0.14 $0.08 $0.07
Cost/1000 stitches(two shift) $0.38 $0.21 $0.13 $0.09 $0.05 $0.04
             

This pro-forma is intended to illustrate the cost comparison of heads 
running the same pattern.