Method for selling upgrade packages in papermaking

1. A method for collecting a fee for an upgrade package for a production unit, which unit is a unit or a group of units in a papermaking, cardboard, or converting process, wherein the production unit has initial production features, and wherein the method comprises the steps of:

analyzing the initial production features of the production unit;

determining a set of objectives for production performance of the production unit;

determining the upgrade package for upgrading the production unit;

determining the upgrade package composition for producing a volume of production; and

collecting the fee for the upgrade package by making an agreement with a customer for the upgrade package, wherein the agreement comprises a step of the customer paying a total price for the upgrade package comprising for an investment fee of the upgrade package and a cumulative fee P cum wherein the total price is of the form P(total)=SP+P cum , wherein the cumulative fee depends on a production performance (p) such that P(total)=SP+P cum =SP+∫y(p), where y(p) is some function of the volume of production.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the investment fee equals zero.

3. A method for collecting a fee for an upgrade package for a production unit, which unit is a unit or a group of units in a papermaking, cardboard, or converting process, wherein the production unit has initial production features, and wherein the method comprises the steps of:

analyzing the initial production features of the production unit;

determining a set of objectives for production performance of the production unit;

determining the upgrade package for upgrading the production unit;

determining the upgrade package composition for producing a volume of production; and

collecting the fee for the upgrade package by making an agreement with a customer for the for upgrading production, wherein the agreement comprises a step of the customer paying a total price for the upgrade package comprising for an investment fee of the upgrade package and a cumulative fee P cum wherein the total price is of the form P(total)=SP+P cum , wherein the cumulative fee depends on running time (t) of the machinery such that P(total)=SP+P cum =SP+∫y(t), where y(t) is some function of running time.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the investment fee equals zero.

5. A method for collecting a fee for an upgrade package for a production unit, which unit is a unit or a group of units in a papermaking, cardboard, or converting process, wherein the production unit has initial production features, and wherein the method comprises the steps of:

analyzing the initial production features of the production unit;

determining a set of objectives for production performance of the production unit;

determining the upgrade package for upgrading the production unit;

determining the upgrade package composition for producing a volume of production; and

collecting the fee for the upgrade package by making an agreement with a customer for the upgrade package wherein the agreement comprises a step of the customer paying a total price for the upgrade package comprising an investment fee (SP) for the upgrade package and a cumulative fee P cum wherein the total price is of the form P(total)=SP+P cum , wherein the cumulative fee depends on a production performance (p) or a running time (t) of the machinery such that P(total)=SP+P cum =SP+∫y(p, t), where y(p, t) is some function of the volume of production or the running time of the machinery.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the cumulative fee P cum depends linearly on the volume of production on the running time of the machinery.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein the cumulative fee P cum depends non-linearly on the volume of production on the running time of the machinery.