Cost-Efficient Design

• Main Authors: Ehrlenspiel, Klaus (Author), Kiewert, Alfons (Author), Lindemann, Udo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hundal, Mahendra S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Production management.; Engineering design.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Engineering Design.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Operations Management.

This is the first English edition of an established work on cost-driven product design and development. It offers tried and tested methods for understanding, influencing and reducing product costs. The methodology and organization of cost management, as well as the effects on each type of cost are d...