Capital Configuration Optimizer- Product Planner > Product Planner Concepts > Take Rate

Editing

the Take Rates for Vehicle Models

The Take Rate Editor dialog box enables you to define take rates for options in pro product plan. The specified take rates are used by the system when calculating cost. This is done any time Capital Configuration Optimizer performs any type of complexity calculation (such as, full complexity, optimized complexity and even validation).

For an explanation and examples of take rates (including splitting them), see Take Rate.

Restrictions and Limitations

You cannot edit take rates when another user has a design associated with the product plan open, or if you have an associated design open in another session. A message displays when you attempt to use the Take Rates action.

Prerequisites

You must have a valid Capital Configuration Optimizer license and you must have enabled it. Note The system administrator enables access to add-on functionality (such as Capital Configuration Optimizer) by using license policies and user groups (see “License Policy” in the Capital Access Manager User Guide.
You must have entered the pro product plan data.

Procedure

Right-click a pro product plan in the Project Browser Window and choose Take Rates; the Take Rate Editor Dialog Box displays and Option take rate table shows the current take rates for the options in the product plan.Note With a design open in the diagram window, you can press Space Bar, enter Take Rates, and select the Take Rates ribbon action. This opens the Take Rate Editor for the plan associated with the open design.
Specify the Annual Volume of vehicles produced for the platform and an Error Threshold.Note You can click the Edit Mix Rates () button next to the Annual Volume field to specify annual mix rates for vehicle models. See Editing the Mix Rates for Vehicle Models.
For each Option, specify a Take Rate. When you enter a take rate, the Calculated Error column displays Needs Update.Note You can use the Split Option by field to enable you to enter different take rates for each option in different scenarios. See Splitting of Take Rates for a full explanation and example.
Update the Calculated Error column by clicking the Recalculate errors based on updated take rates () button; any percentage errors display. They are red if they exceed the Error Threshold.
If required, you can hold your mouse cursor over the end of an Option field and click the Click to view an HTML report on this option () button; this displays an HTML report that shows the calculated take rates for this option and for the vehicle models.
Click OK to exit the Take Rate Editor dialog box.

Results

Capital Configuration Optimizer uses the take rates when calculating cost.
When the system saves optimized harness levels as harness levels for use in Capital Systems Integrator, the Take Rate attribute updates for those harness levels (based on the calculated take rates).

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