Heat-treated parts are trucked to a second plant to be laser-marked, trucked back for coating, then out again for assembly. This tool prices that journey against marking next to the heat treatment line, and shows how long a new marking machine takes to pay for itself. Move any input and every number and chart recalculates.
One working day of logistics
Cash after buying the machine
Why trips round up
TodayMarking in-houseOne more truck trip
Today against in-house marking
What moves the break-even most
The bar spans the break-even when that input is 20% lower to 20% higher; the dark line is the current answer. Long bars are the inputs worth measuring carefully.
Costs are per working day. Labour is priced in euros and converted; trips are rounded up because a leftover pallet still needs a truck.