First past the post with cost effective designs
To remain competitive in consumer product markets, you need to enhance product features and capability while reducing costs and lead times. With the pressure to introduce new products faster, do you struggle to find time for structured cost reduction? Would results like these represent significant benefits to your organization?
- Weight down by 22%
- Parts reduced by 52%
- Cost savings of 29%.
These are the results obtained when a module from a leading white-goods manufacturer was subjected to PA's cost reduction process.
How PA can help
PA's experience is that the manufacturing cost of existing products can be cut by typically 10-15%, and next-generation products by 20-30%, by adopting a different approach. Based on our experience developed in working with global manufacturing companies, PA has devised an innovative five-phase approach to product design.
Our Cost Engineering Approach combines competitor product function benchmarking and aspects of DFMA (design for manufacture and assembly) to develop a 'best of breed' solution. This approach is applicable to a wide range of products - mechanical, electrical, electronic, hydraulic, pneumatic and optical - with annual volumes ranging from tens to several thousands, and having part-counts of between tens and several hundreds. It challenges the ‘not invented here’ barrier and takes advantage of competitors' investment in design and production to improve knowledge and lower costs.
Case studies
Fuel system design optimization for a major automotive OEM
Cost optimization and reduction for smart gmbh (please press your 'Back' button to return here)
PA's cost engineering approach
