DEVELOPMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE MATERIALS HISTORICAL, HIGH-VOLUME INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING RATES COST DATA BANK (INTERMEDIATE TYPE CAR)

The purpose of this study is to identify and establish a motor vehicle materials high-volume industrial processing cost data bank for the intermediate type car. The efforts consisted of a micro-analysis, in which various costs were generated using an industry type estimating technique; a macro-analysis, in which various average costs were determined for a study of five years of historical financial records of an automotive corporation; and an analysis of replacement parts catalog costs. In the micro-analysis method, a 1975 intermediate type production vehicle was obtained and dismantled, and its various components and subassemblies were analyzed in detail to determine the weight and estimated manufacturing cost associated with each item. The various items were grouped into several levels of assemblies on a basis of practiced industry groupings to arrive at total cost categories for a complete vehicle. The macro-analysis served as a means to provide data in certain areas that would substantiate the micro-analysis.

• Corporate Authors:

  Pioneer Engineering and Manufacturing Company

  2500 East Nine Mile Road
  Warren, MI  United States  48091

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • HARVEY, M R
  • Chupinsky, D J
• Publication Date: 1976-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 334 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Components; Consumer protection; Cost estimating; Costs; Data collection; Estimates; Industrial engineering; Materials; Microanalysis; Motor vehicle industry; Motor vehicles; Production; Structural members; Subassemblies
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis; Replacing
• Old TRIS Terms: Processing
• Subject Areas: Finance; Materials; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00151204
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-HS-801-923
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-5-01081
• Files: NTIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 13 2002 12:00AM