The standard report 'BCO Machine Hours Monitoring' provides an overview of the worked and planned hours on machines and by employees (man-hours) within an operation. The report compares budgets, actuals, and deviations for both man and machine hours per hour type. Additionally, it calculates various performance indicators, such as the ratio between man and machine hours (MMR) and deviation factors. This helps in monitoring efficiency and identifying discrepancies in time allocation compared to the plan.

Statement: a correct cost price per hour for man and machine leads to insight into the order and operating result. Experience shows that in practice the order and operating result almost never match. You can prevent this. MKG contains the BCO module for this purpose: budgeting, control, optimizing. In this webinar you will be introduced to BCO. In half an hour you will be taken through the steps you need to take in MKG to create a realistic budget and an executable operating plan.

With the standard dashboard 'Unmanned Performance', you gain insight into the extent to which the actual production aligns with the planned man-machine ratio, visible per operation, item, and individual production order. The lower the realized MMR, the more a machine can run unmanned.

The man-machine ratio (MMR) is the ratio between the number of hours a machine can run with or without an operator. For example, if half a man-hour is required for each machine hour, then the man-machine ratio is 0.5 (also known as man per machine). In ERP, you enter the MMR in the 'Operations' table for each operation.

BCO helps you to increase your insight into the financial situation of your company and puts you in a better position to determine your cost price. Do you have knowledge of cost prices and do you know the BCO modules? In this article you will find a step-by-step plan to easily set up BCO.

Once BCO has been set up, you can start monitoring the budgets. The various BCO Dashboards serve this purpose. Budget control based on these dashboards is central to this article. In addition, a number of scenarios arising from the design of BCO are discussed.

BCO stands for Budgeting, Controlling, Optimizing. BCO helps you increase your insight into your company's financial situation and enables you to better determine your cost price. By budgeting your hours and costs now, you will fully cover your business expenses for the coming year with direct and indirect hours, and you will maintain the alignment between order result and business result.

How many hours will I run my machines next year? What does that mean for man-hours? By entering a number of variables you can easily budget all your operations. Per period you can see the budget machine hours and the required man-hours at a glance. This article shows you how to budget your operations.

The standard dashboard 'BCO Coverage and Occupancy Monitoring' can be used to monitor the extent to which the set budgets correspond with the realized direct hours, the man-machine ratio, and the coverage. This also allows monitoring of the extent to which costs are covered by the realized direct hours. These are visible both graphically and in grids.

The standard dashboard 'Hours Analysis' displays the hours for a specified time period. You can create breakdowns by department, hour type, operation, and employee. This dashboard also includes, among other things, a summary of man-hours and machine hours.

A calculation is filled with material and operations to ensure a well-founded quote price. This article explains how to add one or more operations to a calculation. One of these operations is an outsourcing.

For describing the production process, operation steps can be entered from the 'Operations Management' table. A large number of properties can be set as default. Modifications within the production order are possible if desired.