Experts can show the way
Jose Ceralde
6 Feb 2010
Ms. Mary C.,
You cannot just buy the equipment because the equipment may be cheap or style is pleasing to your eyes.
When equipment is bought the total lifetime cost of equipment must be part of the cost not the initial selling cost.
In fact most of the equipment we used in aviation, the initial cost is only roughly 25 percent of the total lifetime cost. Most of the cost lies in logistics to maintain and operate the equipment.
It is not different in computing the total cost of buying your car, operating it, and maintaining it, i.e., the cost may be 10,000, cost to operate is 25 miles a gallon, and repair cost at 250 per year but then the comparative cost of another car may be 20,000, 40 MPG to operate, and 100 per year for repair. Clearly, the TLC is better with the later car.
Was a TLC analysis done before the dredging machine was bought, was the maintenance technical manual part of the cost along with the training of operators and mechanics? Most likely when it is not the people who did not plan for this item ends up paying more than if it was bought with the initial selling cost of equipment.
People who do not plan always manage to fail. Hire people with expertise otherwise you will have a hell of management in kindergarten.
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