Sequence (N)
Used to identify in what sequence Debt Facilities should be approached for borrowing. (Only those Debt Facilities with the lowest Sequence will be considered in a given iteration.)
Sequence Index, if a Debt Facility is Available and has spare credit.
Include: Advanced
Sequence Index
Used to identify in what sequence Debt Facilities should be approached for borrowing.
The Sequence Index input.
Include: Advanced
Share Capital
The book value of paid-up share capital, i.e., the amount of capital invested by the owners of the business.
Note: x represents the Balancing Variable, as explained in 10.3.14.1 Understanding the equations.
Note: Share Capital, and hence Equity, must be calculated before Net Borrowing, as the amount of Share Capital is not allowed to decrease.
Include: Standard
Sites
The number of sites over which demand is spread.
For Functions, Resources and Erlang Transformations: the Sites input.
Include: Essential
Size
The number of potential customers represented by a Market Segment element, which can be defined directly as a time series or as a reference to a separate Transformation element.
The Size input.
Include: Essential
Slack Capacity
The installed capacity of Resources, not required to satisfy demand, but possibly required to satisfy any maximum-utilisation or deployment constraints.
For a Resource: Installed Capacity minus Used Capacity minus Used Up Capacity.
Consolidation: Last.
Include: Essential
Slack Connection Cost
The Connection Cost arising from slack capacity of Resources.
Allocated on the basis of current and historical usage of Resources.
Include: Standard
Slack Deprec. and Amort.
The Depreciation and Amortisation arising from slack capacity of Resources.
For a Service: allocated on the basis of current and historical usage of Resources.
Include: Standard
Slack Maintenance Cost
The Maintenance Cost arising from slack capacity of Resources.
For a Service: allocated on the basis of current and historical usage of Resources.
Include: Standard
Slack Net Fixed Assets
The Net Fixed Assets associated with slack capacity of Resources.
For a Service: allocated on the basis of current and historical usage of Resources.
Include: Standard
Slack Rental Cost
The Rental Cost arising from slack capacity of Resources.
For a Service: allocated on the basis of current and historical usage of Resources.
Include: Standard
Slack Units
The number of units of a Resource which are wholly slack, but may be required to satisfy any maximum-utilisation or deployment constraints.
Installed Units minus Used Units, which is the same as the sum of Utilisation Units, Deployment Units and Redundant Units.
Include: Standard
Start
The beginning of the term for a Debt Facility.
The Start Date input.
Include: Advanced
STEM 5.0 Working Capital
Working Capital as modelled in STEM 5.0. This was a debtors-only model and is added into the Debtors result to maintain compatibility with STEM 5.0.
The Base Level input, plus the Operating Charge multiplied by the Ratio of Charge input.
Include: Advanced
Stock
The remaining value of consumable resources which have been purchased but not yet used.
Consolidation: Last.
Include: Standard
Stock Charge
The total Stock value released on consumable resources, used to calculate profitability.
For a consumable resource: Stock Consumed plus Stock Written Off.
Consolidation: Sum.
Include: Standard
Stock Consumed
The Stock value released on consumable resources, used to calculate profitability.
For a consumable resource: Stock Purchases charged in proportion to actual consumption as the capacity is used up.
Consolidation: Sum.
Include: Standard
Stock Historical Value
The gross book value of stock; i.e., the total original value of the consumable resources which have not yet been fully used up and discarded.
The total Stock Purchases on consumable resources still installed in the network.
Consolidation: Last.
Include: Standard
Stock Purchases
The current expenditure on new consumable resources.
For a consumable resource: Incremental Units multiplied by the Unit Cost, which is governed by the Calibration Period per-unit Capital Cost input, together with the Capital Cost Structure and any Economies of Scale.
Consolidation: Sum.
Include: Standard
Stock Written Off
The Stock value released on unused consumable resources, used to calculate profitability.
For a consumable resource: residual Stock value when any unused stock is discarded at the end of its shelf life.
Consolidation: Sum.
Include: Standard
Surplus Cash
Cash which is surplus to the requirements of the business, split between Cash Deposits and Investments.
Equal to Net Surplus Cash, if the latter is positive, otherwise zero. (Negative Net Surplus Cash is shown as Long-Term Borrowing.)
Include: Standard