MER can always be used when connections are to be investigated (correlation calculation) or dependent on influence magnitudes class-free target sizes can be determined e.g.:
- Plan times for the execution of work tasks
- Processing time for production orders to the determination of the production dates and the dates of delivery
- Manufacturing costs and/or first costs for individual parts, assemblies, products
- Price comparisons to the analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the competition
- Purchase prices to the analysis of the suppliers market
- Costs or quantities of auxiliary materials, which are included in the calculation
- Gross weights of products such as machine elements, assemblies etc.
- Committee risk premium
- Waste or cycle material portion
- Rework risk
- Admeasurements
Other application areas:
CALCULATION OF COMPLEX PROJECTS (e.g. construction of production hall):
- Number of employees
- Interior space built-up area
- Condition of the underground
- Season
- Duration of the planning phase
- Construction period
- Architectural execution variants
- Number of windows
- Built-up material weight
- Engaged machines, etc.
SALES DEVELOPMENT (capital goods range):
- Number of (marketing) staff
- Wage plan or rather commission system
- Advertising budget
- PR-activities
- Price behaviour
- Delivery time
- Number of competitors
- Design, colour, packaging
- Economic overall situation
- Branch economic situation
- Export portion
- Inflation rate, investment rate
- GNP, savings rate
- Season, weather, etc.
COST TREND (industrial range):
- Wage level
- Utilization situation
- Sickness rate
- Monetary parities
- Raw material indices
- Machine equipment
- Complaint rate
- Relation of merchants to engineers
- Number of managers
LOSINGS OF CUSTOMERS:
- Price, delivery time
- Delivery date compliance rate
- Complaint rate
- Quality characteristics (age, grade, etc.)
- Number, duration of the contacts
- Value of sales organization
- Amount of the remuneration
- Number of customers per sales representative
PRINTING EDITION OF A CONSUMER MAGAZINE:
- Title page organization
- Cover story
- Number of pages
- Season (month, week)
- Number of readers in the previous months (weeks)
- Enclosures (give-aways)
- Aspect ratio editorial office/display
- Point-of-sales advertising
- Radio, television advertising
- Price
- Number of competitive products in the same market segment, ect.
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