cost engineering

What does a cost engineer do? What's the hardest part of the job for a cost engineer? And how can SaaS costing solutions help?

Inflation poses a particular risk to manufacturers in a climate where rising labor costs and fluctuating materials costs already make negotiations unpredictable. Building a secret weapon against inflation means drafting new supplier relationships where a price stems from good data models and verifiable intelligence.

What does it take to get to an accurate should cost? Is that price tag worth the investment? And what’s the cost of not doing so? In this episode of the podcast, Kearney’s Lead Partner for Europe Dominik Leisinger leans on his industry experience to explain Cost to Cost.

The promises of additive manufacturing include customization, weight reduction, and the benefit of bringing offshore production back in house. But what about the cost? How can you decide if additive is really for you? Robert Turck explains.

Design engineers can be the first line of defense against rising product costs, but only if they’re empowered by real-time data-driven models. Patrick O’Brien, former Quality Engineer at Grizzly Industrial, talks about the tools he wishes every designer had to save their companies cost overruns, engineering change orders, and unnecessary headaches.