ProWerk in practice – product
Design-to-cost for lathes
Brief:
Our client is a manufacturer of lathes with
worldwide operations. A new costs-sensitive customer base is to be tapped
with new models based on standard machines. As the client was until now
exclusively a high-end player, achievement of the target costs is the No. 1
priority.
Services:
- Adapt the ProWerk Cost Navigator to the
brief.
- Perform value engineering on all
components.
- Identify new suppliers.
- Incorporate suppliers into the
development process at an early stage.
- Draw up suppliers' contracts.
- Incorporate assembly into the development
process.
- Achieve permanent cost transparency with
the costs navigator
- Support the project management.
Results:
Cost reductions of 49% for machines with a
small chuck diameter and 42% for the larger model when compared with similar
models. The timetable was upheld.
Time period: 18 months