Economic Life Studies
The economic
lives of a corporations assets factor into virtually all major
business decisions. Whether your trying to decide to lease or
purchase a piece of equipment, identify the window of opportunity,
or develop a long range strategic plan; an accurate assessment
of the economic lives of your infrastructure or that of your
competitors is vital to your success.
The economic lives must reflect the realities of the marketplace,
both today and in the future. BCRI is internationally recognized for its
skill in assessing economic lives.
Reliable economic life
estimates and remaining economic life estimates impact a business in many
ways. Some of the more profound impacts included:
- Near-term and Long-range Strategic
Planning
- Analysis of Business Cases
- Competitive Analysis
- Property Taxes
- and more...
To adequately estimate economic lives
involves expertise in several disciplines, including:
- Depreciation
- Life Cycle Analysis
- Actuarial Analysis
- Functional Obsolescence
- Technology Forecasting
- Economic Obsolescence
BCRI has extensive experience in the
development of economic lives. Additionally, BCRI publishes a comprehensive
set of
depreciation and
economic life tables for Electric Utility, Telecommunications, Wireless,
CATV, Computers, and general use equipment.