Facility Expenses

This table is used within the Network Optimization and Simulation-based experiments only.

Production and storing facilities are the integral components of every supply chain. This table contains data on the expenses for each site. This data helps to optimize the expenses of supply chain components and their number (refers to NO experiment only).

Such results can be obtained by running the corresponding experiment, which will use the data from this table (as well from other anyLogistix tables containing the required data) to provide the optimal solution in terms of required conditions.

Column	Description
Facility	Defines the facility the expenses are defined for. The cell contains a list of facilities (defined in the DCs and Factories table).
Expense Type	Select the type of expense the facility incurs: Initial cost — the cost of building/opening a facility/group of facilities. Closure cost — the cost of closing a facility/group of facilities. The value can be negative. Other cost — other costs per day associated with the facility/group of facilities. [Available in Simulation-based experiments] Facility cost — the cost of renting a facility / group of facilities per day per m³ (the default measurement units can be changed in the Time Unit and Product Unit columns respectively). Carrying cost — expenses for storing the site inventory per day per m³ (the default measurement units can be changed in the Time Unit and Product Unit columns respectively).
Value	The cost related to the facility/group of facilities. It can be negative if defined for the Closure Cost expense type.
Currency	The type of currency that the payment will be made in.
Time Unit	Specify the time unit that the Time Period is expressed in. The list of available units comprises the units defined in the Manage units dialog.
Product Unit	[Available only if Carrying cost or Facility cost is set in the Expense type column] The capacity measurement units (pieces, or weight, or volume units). The list of available units comprises the units defined in both the Manage units dialog and the Units table.
Time Period	The time period during which the expenses will be incurred. The cell contains a list of periods (previously defined in the Periods table).

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