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Data Sheet

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WindchilP Cost

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REDUCE PRODUCT COSTS AND IMPROVE PRODUCT MARGINS

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Windchill Cost allows manufacturers to track both

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target and actual cost, and provide real-time cost

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visibility throughout the product development

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lifecycle. Now you can efficiently track the cost of

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all parts and products, analyze the cost impact

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of design alternatives, and empower users to

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ensure products are launched at target cost. The

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result: optimized profit margins.

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While product cost is a major concern for manufacturers, the

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majority of companies struggle to accurately track, measure, and

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communicate it beginning early in the product development

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process, where cost decisions have the greatest impact.

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This difficulty is due to the complexity introduced by frequent

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changes to the bill-of-material (BOM), part design, and

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suppliers. While there are specific costing methods and

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tools that generate data to help estimate cost, they are

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usually relevant only at select stages of the product lifecycle.

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Furthermore, these tools are disconnected from the actual

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BOM that is managed in key enterprise business systems,

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such as PLM (product lifecycle management).

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Consequently, changes either to the BOM or to the approved

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manufacturers list, for example, are typically tracked manually,

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and the results are not readily visible or accessible to

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engineers when they're making decisions regarding new parts

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and suppliers.

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An efficient product development process relies on automatically

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incorporating product changes in cost analysis. This approach

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not only creates accurate, up-to-date cost reports, but also

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allows cost analysis to be performed on every product design

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change and product configuration.

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Enter Windchill Cost-a solution that enables industry best

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practices and delivers real-time product cost estimates

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throughout the entire product development lifecycle. Windchill

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Cost delivers a number of important benefits: it makes product

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cost analytics an integral part of the standard product

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development process; it complements existing cost-estimate

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tool investments by utilizing different cost models for parts

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and assemblies based upon lifecycle stage; and it rolls up

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cost information for different BOM configurations. Above all,

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Windchill Cost empowers users to make smarter decisions to

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ensure that products meet all cost targets.

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Cost Status (Cost Model compared to Target Cost)

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Cost Rollup Estimate $206.82

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Target Cost

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Cost Estimate Status

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$210.00

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Difference

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Cost Estimate Confidence

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Part Cost

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Cost to Assemble

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Cost Model

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64

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Í1B6.B2

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$20.00

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Total Cost by Estimate Type

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Improve product decisions by understanding the cost impact of change

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throughout the standard development process.

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