Formula Student
Teams will be required to follow the same process for DBOM and CBOM creation as FSG and the other aligned events.
These are:
- Detailed Bill of Material for FSUK 2024 a DBOM (see S2.5) for the “Suspension” must be submitted.
- Costed Bill of Material for FSUK 2024 a CBOM (see S2.6) for the “Engine and Drivetrain” must be submitted.
It is preferred that teams use the FSUK Cost Tool to generate their documents but outputs from the FSG tool will be accepted as well.
A common question asked is where do various electrical items fall in terms of categories for the sections of the Cost Report. In general as long as the layout is logical and consistent (and is reference in the Cost Explanation File) this is down to the teams preference. However, as a best practice the allocation would follow this convention: Low voltage that drives ancillary electrical to be put in the Electrical Section. High Voltage (including LV controllers or EV warning/indication systems of HV) put in the Engine and Powertrain Section.
Please note that there will be differences in the scoring sheets for UK to other world events so double check the local rules to make sure that you are compliant. For Formula Student UK Cost and Manufacturing Class 1/FS Class there will NOT be a special task which is difference to the European Events.
For Class2/Concept Class there IS a special task and for 2024 this is:
Your team’s Cost lead has called a Leadership meeting to discuss the ongoing inflationary pressures acting on your team’s finances.
With inflation and wage growth running at ~7% they are concerned that your budget and departmental allocation may now not be enough to complete the project with these cost pressures acting on it.
Your Cost lead explains that they are working with new & current sponsors to see if they can close the short fall but in the current economic environment, they cannot guarantee this can be achieved.
They task you and the team to come up with a plan to reduce your Bill of Material (BOM) cost spend by 10% and request you to achieve this without sacrificing your ultimate project goals.
Be prepared to present your plan & ideas during your judging session at the event, no pre submission is required.
Finally all deadlines for submissions can be found at https://www.imeche.org/events/formula-student/team-information/key-dates. As always the enforcement of these will be rigorous and subject to no excuses including but not limited to IT or website failure (irrespective of fault).
Good luck with your build and see you at Silverstone.
John Dangerfield
Head Cost and Manufacturing Judge
Formula Student