Report Life Cycle Costing
The attached assignment is for information only and should not be copied. Note that the Turnitin software will scan your submission for Similarity and Plagiarism. This assignment can also be improved on but do not deviate from the assignment brief or leave out sections required.
Some other points to note:
· COVER PAGE – Remember to state your word count. Use double spacing.
· EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Contains a summary of all the main points of the report, as well as the Conclusion and Recommendation. This normally stands alone, separate to the other headings but can be listed in your Table of Contents.
· INTRODUCTION – Introduces the report and walks the reader through the process and methodology as set out in the Table of Contents and gives some background to the theory employed.
· ASSUMPTIONS – Only use relevant assumptions and give the associated figure, rate or percentage, as applicable.
· COSTS – Research of more than one source is important if the information is dubious. For clarity and ease of reading you can include screenshots in an appendix and refer to these or the URL link in the text.
· DISCOUNT RATE – Choose a relevant Discount Rate (DR) based on how your vehicle purchase is funded. Note that if your DR is less than the inflation rate you will obtain Present Value Factors that inflate over time. Provide the correct description of the treatment of inflation and show your calculations.
· NPV Table – Make sure any items not included in a loan amount reflect in the Year 0 total. Do not repeat values than have been paid for upfront in more than the number of years of the required life cycle.
· DEPRECIATION – Use data from similar vehicle types to determine your depreciation if no current data is available for your selected vehicle and adjust appropriately.
· CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION – Discuss your data and tables and give a definite Conclusion and Recommendation, which is reflects in your Executive Summary.
· General – Keep the format and text size the same. Use page breaks to prevent tables straddling two pages. Label and list your tables and figures. Show cash flows in and out in a different font colour/ symbol/ brackets or a combination of these. Do a spellcheck and check for sentence structure, punctuation and grammar. Poor spelling and grammar will cost marks. Ensucgore the word count is accurate.
