Life Cycle Costing (LCC): The Cost of Ownership of a Battery System
Industrial Batteries (UK) Limited – IBLUK – has an expanding range of technical papers covering nickel-cadmium industrial batteries and battery applications. The latest of these ’White Papers’ to be issued describes Life Cycle Costing (LCC) which is a method used to determine the total cost of ownership of an individual item or the component of a system. This is a structured approach which looks at all the components of this cost and can produce a spend profile of the product over its expected life-span. The main topics covered in this paper are:• The Basis of Life Cycle Costing.• Life Cycle Costing for a Battery System including the initial cost, replacement cost, maintenance cost and downtime cost.• Relevance of life, performance and reliability factors.• Examples to illustrate the effect of lifetime, temperature and maintenance.• General conclusions based upon the information contained in the paper. The paper can be obtained from Industrial Batteries (UK) Limited via a request form on the IBLUK web site. Industrial Batteries (UK) Limited - IBLUK – is the main distributor of Alcad Industrial Nickel-Cadmium Batteries in the United Kingdom. In addition to assisting the customer in their choice of battery and battery stand, it can also offer an extensive selection of approved accessories, a technical consultancy service, user training and a battery replacement and recycling service To obtain a copy of the paper, please visit our web site www.ibluk.co.uk and complete the ‘Request White Paper’ on-line order form.