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Strafkosten und Vertragsstrafen wegen Lieferverzögerungen bei Maschineninstallation

Quantified: Typically 0.05–0.1% of equipment contract value per day in LDs (e.g. AUD 5,000–25,000 for a 5‑day delay on a AUD 2–5m machine), plus AUD 12,000–120,000 p.a. in wasted heavy-crane and crew standby for a mid‑size wholesaler.

Australian construction and mining projects often include liquidated damages (LDs) for late delivery or commissioning of key machinery, commonly in the range of 0.05–0.1% of contract value per day of delay, subject to caps. For high-value equipment (e.g. AUD 2–5 million cranes, earthmovers, processing lines), 5 days’ delay can translate into AUD 5,000–25,000 in LDs per project. In addition, heavy-lift cranes and specialised rigging crews are typically hired on daily or hourly rates; if machinery does not arrive within the booked time window due to poor delivery scheduling, the supplier often bears crane standby or cancellation fees. Market day-rates for mobile cranes in Australia range roughly from AUD 1,000–5,000 per day depending on tonnage; if 1–2 booked days per month are wasted due to misaligned delivery and installation planning, that is AUD 12,000–120,000 p.a. in avoidable cost. Because wholesale machinery distributors frequently service multiple concurrent projects, even a modest error rate—e.g. 2–3 major delayed installations per year—can drive six‑figure cost overruns once LDs, extra freight (express/rush trucks), out-of-hours labour, and crane re‑booking are aggregated.

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Kapazitätsverluste durch ineffiziente Terminplanung von Lieferung und Installation schwerer Maschinen

Quantified: 5–15% waste in installation and transport capacity; for a mid‑size wholesaler with AUD 700,000 p.a. installation labour and AUD 500,000 p.a. heavy transport spend, this equals roughly AUD 60,000–180,000 p.a. in avoidable idle time and extra trips.

Delivery scheduling best‑practice literature highlights that poor coordination of delivery windows, route planning, and resource allocation causes bottlenecks, unnecessary trips, and under‑utilisation of vehicles and labour.[3][1] For machinery wholesalers that operate installation and commissioning teams, every failed or postponed job represents not only extra travel and admin costs but also lost billable days. If an installation crew (2–4 technicians plus supervisor) costs around AUD 2,000–4,000 per day fully loaded, and 1 day per fortnight is lost due to equipment not arriving, sites not ready, or clashes with crane slots, this equates to AUD 52,000–104,000 p.a. in idle labour alone. In addition, inefficient truck routing and partially loaded heavy vehicles increase fuel, toll, and driver costs; logistics sources note that optimised scheduling and route planning can substantially reduce unnecessary trips and distance driven, with savings often quoted in the 5–15% transport cost range, which scales to tens of thousands per year for fleets regularly moving heavy equipment.[3] For wholesalers that perform 100–200 installations annually, even conservative assumptions (5% of jobs requiring re‑visits or causing one day of crew idle time) produce six‑figure annual capacity losses and opportunity cost (jobs not accepted due to calendar congestion).

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Verzögerter Zahlungseingang durch fehlerhafte oder verspätete Servicevertragsabrechnung

Quantified (Logic): Zusätzliche 10–20 DSO‑Tage im Servicebereich; bei AUD 2 Mio. durchschnittlichem Forderungsbestand und 6–8 % Kapitalkosten etwa AUD 33.000–88.000 p.a. an Finanzierungskosten/gebundener Liquidität.

Service and maintenance providers for machinery often perform work under long‑term service contracts and then invoice only after job cards are manually checked and matched to contract entitlements.[2][5][8][10] If this process is slow or error‑prone, tax invoices are issued late or require correction, which delays customer payment. For Australian businesses, valid tax invoices are required to claim input tax credits and support GST reporting in BAS lodgements, so customers may hold payment until invoices are correct. Typical working‑capital benchmarks indicate that delayed or batch billing in service operations can add 10–20 Tage zu den DSO (Days Sales Outstanding); bei einem offenen Service‑Forderungsbestand von AUD 2 Mio. bedeutet dies 10–20 zusätzliche Tage Finanzierungskosten, was bei 6–8 % Kapitalkosten rund AUD 33.000–88.000 Opportunitätskosten pro Jahr entspricht.

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Verzögerter Zahlungseingang durch fehlerhafte Angebots- und Auftragsdaten

Geschätzt: 5–10 zusätzliche DSO-Tage; bei 5 Mio. AUD durchschnittlichem Forderungsbestand ≈ 5.500–11.000 AUD p.a. reine Finanzierungskosten (8 % Kapitalkostensatz), plus gebundenes Working Capital

Im Projektgeschäft mit Industrieanlagen werden Zahlungen häufig an Meilensteine (Bestellung, Lieferung, Inbetriebnahme, Abnahme) geknüpft. Wenn Angebotskonfiguration, Bestellbestätigung und tatsächliche Lieferung in Stücklisten, Optionen oder Servicepaketen voneinander abweichen, entstehen formale und technische Klärungsschleifen. In der Praxis verlängern solche Diskrepanzen die Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) signifikant. Australische KMU berichten regelmässig von DSO über 45–60 Tagen im B2B-Sektor, was massgeblich durch unvollständige oder strittige Rechnungen getrieben ist (LOGIK gestützt durch ATO- und Buchhaltungsverbands-Hinweise zur Bedeutung korrekter Tax Invoices für Zahlungsanspruch). Eine Reduktion der DSO um 5–10 Tage auf einem Forderungsbestand von z.B. 5 Mio. AUD entspricht 5–10 Tagen Zins- bzw. Opportunitätskosten; bei 8 % Kapitalkosten ca. 5.500–11.000 AUD p.a. allein an Finanzierungskosten, zuzüglich Liquiditätsrisiko.

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