Resources for estimating high volume manufacturing costs 1

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I am searching for resources (books, websites, consultants, etc.) that I can use for assessing manufacturing costs in high volume production (i.e. plastic injection molding, die casting, sand casting, investment casting, machining, etc.). I need help making high level cost assessments of various design concepts for an automotive blower. Any recommendations?

Thanks.

 

[mloew]

sdk,

Try to check out any papers or reports issued by IBIS Associates, Inc. (

http://www.ibisassociates.com).

They have a developed a methodology called Technical Cost Modeling. It has been used to develop volume dependant costing strategies for many applications.

Try these Google.com searches:

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&q=Technical+Cost+Modeling

http://www.google.com/search?num=50...-1&newwindow=1&q=Technical+Cost+Modeling+IBIS

Best regards,

Matthew Ian Loew

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