Transaction Cost Statistics (Cost Tab)

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Transaction costs are accumulated as each transaction passes through activities. The cost is a combination of fixed costs and resource costs for the activity.

Transaction costs can be categorized as value type, resource, or time. Fixed activity costs are added into the Other resource costs.

A transaction can accumulate costs in two value-types for the same activity if the fixed cost has a different category than a resource being used at that activity.

Value Type costs that affect the process are:

VA (Avg VA Cost, Tot VA Cost) – Costs that are value added to the process.
BVA (Avg BVA Cost, Tot BVA Cost) – Costs that are value added to the business but not the process.
NVA (Avg NVA Cost, Tot NVA Cost) – Costs that are non-value added.

See Value Class for definitions of VA, BVA, and NVA.

Resource costs are:

Labor Cost (Avg Lbr Cost, Tot Lbr Cost) – The cost of labor resources that the transaction used.
Equipment Cost (Avg Eq Cost, Tot Eq Cost) – The cost of equipment resources that the transaction used.
Other Cost (Avg Oth Cost, Tot Oth Cost) – The cost of other resources and fixed activity costs, including:
Fixed activity cost
Other resources (the cost of Other resources in the resource definition)
Other costs (for unmodeled resources or swimlane breakdown for cross-swimlane activities)

Time costs are

Standard (Avg Std Cost, Tot Std Cost) – The cost of resources working within normally scheduled hours. If no overtime is worked, total cost equals standard cost.
Overtime (Avg OT Cost, Tot OT Cost) – The cost of resources working overtime.