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Global procurement markets and increasing cost pressures require professional cost management in the field of mold, tool, and die. Shorter lifecycles paired with higher product variability mean that the share of tool costs in relation to the total costs of a product line is steadily increasing.
Tool makers are challenged to quickly create reliable quotations and transparent cost breakdowns for tools. Due to increasing complexity of tools and smaller production runs, this balancing act is a challenge even for experienced tool specialists, and succeeds only with the help of a powerful tool quotation costing system that delivers faster, more accurate and comprehensible results based on parametric models. For tool manufacturers, increasing product variety and shorter product lifecycles means an increased volume of work through a higher number of requests for quotations. The tool quotation costing process must be reliable with precise tool calculations and transparent cost breakdowns in a short time frame.
Global procurement markets and increasing cost pressures require professional cost management in the field of mold, tool, and die. Shorter lifecycles paired with higher product variability mean that the share of tool costs in relation to the total costs of a product line is steadily increasing.
Tool makers are challenged to quickly create reliable quotations and transparent cost breakdowns for tools. Due to increasing complexity of tools and smaller production runs, this balancing act is a challenge even for experienced tool specialists, and succeeds only with the help of a powerful tool quotation costing system that delivers faster, more accurate and comprehensible results based on parametric models. For tool manufacturers, increasing product variety and shorter product lifecycles means an increased volume of work through a higher number of requests for quotations. The tool quotation costing process must be reliable with precise tool calculations and transparent cost breakdowns in a short time frame.
The parametric calculation methodology in tool quotation costing enables an optimum balance between accuracy and time-based calculation effort. Simulations of technical and economic scenarios help toolmakers to get effective answers to these questions:
With tool quotation costing, tool manufacturers can also easily document costing histories and changes, and quickly and flexibly provide the required cost breakdowns in customer templates. In case of recurring changes, a quick and secure creation of cost breakdowns with Teamcenter means a competitive advantage for tool manufacturers.
Using the tool quotation costing capability in Teamcenter tool costing, tool manufacturer can develop highly accurate quotations and cut the time periods for proposal preparations significantly. Sales team can successfully lead negotiations, enforce prices, keep accurate records, and act as a competent partner.
The quality and design of a tool affects not only the tool costs, but also the cost per piece of manufactured parts. The Teamcenter solution offers a unique opportunity to determine the interactions between component and tool costs at different volumes, and makes tool designs reliable and transparent. You can use the combination of Teamcenter tool costing and the Teamcenter product costing for a fully integrated calculation solution. In addition, the tool costs within the integrated solution are considered holistically through the product bill of materials and the product/project program.