Virtual Production Environments

Virtual Production Environments (VPEs) model the characteristics of a factory including the manufacturing processes supported in that facility, machines required to support those processes, and the factory’s cost structure (including labor and overhead rates, machine rates, material costs, etc.).

A VPE can be created to represent internal factories and external factories, as well as supplier factories. Product costs are calculated in various VPEs enabling a fast determination of the “should cost” to manufacture or source a product.

Highlighted Features and Capabilities

Configurable, modular VPEs that tailor processes and cost methodology to customer and supplier factories
Customizable data layer to include unique routings, materials, machines and accounting/costing rates
Web-based VPE data editor for easy VPE data maintenance
aPriori baseline VPEs enable out-of-the-box 'should-cost' capabilities and provide a wealth of the industry data for processes, machines and materials