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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
... accounting that way makes no sense from an engineering perspective - the value (cost) of having ten gyros on my robot is clearly ten times the value (and cost) of only having one. The fact that Digikey decides to sell them on cut tape with ten per order, or 100 per reel, has nothing to do with the functionality or value of that part, except for establishing the price per part.
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I think the intent of the FRC cost accounting rules is to capture the cost of building one robot. That cost includes the cost of buying needed components at minimum order quantities.
If my boss tells me to build a motor tester, and that tester requires three inches of 3/4" diameter shaft stock, then I might have to buy a foot of shaft stock in order to get what I need. Will I then tell the boss I bought three inches so he can reimburse me for that, while I pay for the whole foot? No, I won't. The cost of completing the assignment included buying the minimum quantity of that material.
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