Wednesday, Dec 14, 2022
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is a financial estimate intended to help determine the direct and indirect costs of a product or service. Not unlike an iceberg however, there is often a tendency to focus solely on visible upfront costs and overlook the hidden smaller details.
Total cost of ownership (TCO) and profitability is a vital consideration when comparing industrial diesel engine models and manufacturers. If you can quantify your upfront investment costs you will be in a much better place to evaluate your industrial power options.
“Often the purchase price might only be 4-5% of its TCO, and the other 95% is fuel consumption. With that in mind it does not make sense to buy an engine that is 20% cheaper if it consumes 7% more in fuel. Nor does it make sense to buy a cheap engine if its poor reliability and durability costs you more in repairs and lost uptime” says Arturo Garcia Aliaga, application engineer, Volvo Penta.
For gen-sets customers Volvo Penta provides a TCO Calculation Tool so an end user can customise and retrieve information unique to individual operating conditions. Information includes estimated diesel engine service life, operational hours of service per year and load distributions.
Learn more about TCO for industrial diesel engines and learn about calculating-total-cost-of-ownership-and-profitability. To learn more please navigate to www.volvopenta.com and search News or follow the Volvo Penta website link below.
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Ashbrook Diesel Pty Ltd
14 Elizabeth St, Port Macdonnell SA 5291
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Can Do Marine
38 Chatfield Terrace, Wallaroo SA 5556
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West Coast Diesel Service
32 St Andrews Terrace, Port Lincoln SA 5606
Phone: (08) 8682 1753