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...

Table of Contents:

• Cost Responsibility of the Product Developers
• Cost Management for Product Development
• Methodology and Organization of Cost Management for Product Development
• Influencing the Lifecycle Costs
• Influencing the Total Costs
• Factors that influence Manufacturing Costs and Procedures for Cost Reduction
• Fundamentals of Cost Accounting for Product Development
• Early Identification of Costs during Product Development — Development-Concurrent Cost Calculations
• Examples.