Tool & Product Costing / Breakthrough in mould and die costing!

Global markets and increasing pressure to reduce costs require professional cost management for moulds and tooling. The Tool Costing application – part of the PCM environment – comes to your aid.
PCM (Product Cost Management) is a tool for product costing. It enables quick determination of future product price, profitability, production volume, etc. The production costs of a product include both the materials necessary for production (e.g. granulate) and the production tools. Production tools can include injection moulds, multi-bar presses, etc.

Thanks to precise analyses, PCM allows, on the basis of a finished part, to estimate with high accuracy the costs of production tools. When quoting e.g. injection moulds, PCM analyses the workpiece and automatically detects part dimensions, wall thickness, number and size of ribs, slider locations, inserts, etc.
After analysis, the data is transferred to the costing environment. In this environment, you can determine, among other things, the production region, currency, mould multiples, type of injection channels, etc. Of course, the percentage of tool service costs (servicing) can also be determined. On the basis of the above information, PCM calculates and generates a material list, which determines the time of performing particular operations, e.g. hollowing time, milling time, time spent on preparing particular parts, etc.
PCM provides the user with dozens of diagrams showing the percentage of each operation. Thanks to this it is possible to determine very quickly whether it is better to order parts or make them in-house.

PCM also generates a cost breakdown at the end of the process which is very useful when negotiating with customers. Having an accurate picture of costs, it is possible to optimise them very quickly. Thanks to the possibility of changing any parameter of the quote, e.g. the country in which the tool will be performed, it is possible to make a competitive offer in a very clear way.
Benefits offered by the integrated cost calculation platform
The development of detailed cost knowledge and maximum transparency are necessary to achieve transparency in tooling cost management. The Tool Costing application provides:

• reduction of time and effort needed to prepare cost statements
• maintaining knowledge of costs within the company thanks to database-based calculations
• stronger position in price negotiations with suppliers
• better return on investment due to calculating tooling variants and changes
• understanding the cost drivers and their impact on the cost of the overall tooling
• better knowledge management for all principals and price analysts
• support in cost structure negotiations and meetings (workshops) with instrumentation manufacturers and suppliers
• reduced tooling expenditure and improved pricing efficiency
• achieving target costs through detailed and verifiable analysis of the tooling cost

Tooling costing based on 3D design Tool Costing software allows parametric costing of tooling made with different technologies such as injection moulding, high pressure casting, multi-tactile stamping, laser cutting and others on the basis of a 3D model.

To proceed with the calculation, simply select the tooling technology and describe the part geometry. It is possible to carry out direct analysis and import 3D models directly from NX, CATIA, Pro/ENGINEER, MATERIALISE or from neutral exchange formats such as PARASOLID, IGES, STEP, STL or JT format.

Reference data for cost analysis
The Tool Costing software offers access to a wide range of reference data. Selecting profiles and locations from this database allows pre-configured data such as specifications, production techniques and hourly rates to be used. This information can also be configured to meet customer requirements. The result is a tooling quote with a high level of detail that allows the user flexibility in creating cost statements.