ProWerk in practice – product
Target cost management in the development
of a new generation of milling machines, starting with customer surveys
and continuing right up to market launch
Brief:
Our client is a manufacturer of milling
machines and machining centres with worldwide operations.
A new, especially costs-sensitive customer
base is to be tapped with new models.
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.
- Achieve permanent cost transparency with
the costs navigator.
Results:
Cost reductions of up to 56% for a
marginally simpler technical specification compared with similar models.
The timetable was upheld.
Time period: 18 months