In terms of mega projects, where six years is considered attractive
break-even time, this motorway makes huge business sense.
Terry Schurter, vice president of NERC solutions at SigmaFlow said, "We wanted to provide a simple but comprehensive report showing the savings in hours and dollars related to automating all the NERC CIP compliance tasks along with an estimated
break-even time frame.
But if that car is driven 35,000 miles a year--such as a taxi or a car used in long commutes--that
break-even time shrinks to 5.
After the
break-even time period is reached, the C-share must convert to Class A.
He added: "They are about three times the price of standard economy lamps, but the
break-even time is about a year, as they only use 3 watts and produce no heat".
This study used a
break-even time analysis which determines when the introduction of a new product or service will generate enough revenue to recover the upfront expenses generated by the new product or service.
A CE process requires goal-oriented metrics (to monitor outcomes), such as time-to-market (TTM),
break-even time, and manufacturing costs, and process-oriented metrics (to monitor the process), such as rework, the degree of functional integration, and dynamic TTM (a tool that forecasts TTM at any point in time during a project to give an instantaneous view of how it is performing with respect to delivery).
Because the
break-even time point will occur before complete amortization of the loan, it does not matter (mathematically) whether closing costs are paid out of pocket, or financed by increasing the balance of the new loan.
For instance, Hewlett-Packard uses
break-even time to measure project performance.
Break-even time to us the time that it takes for the revenue to equal the R&D investment.
