Even best-in-class manufacturing companies can miss their cost targets when launching new products.

Adopt a Carrier Group Battle Strategy for Product Cost Management I was recently watching a classic WWII movie about the Battle of Midway.

Featuring Spirit Aerosystems Spirit AeroSystems [NYSE: SPR] designs and builds large aerostructures, including fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components, for both commercial and defense programs.  Spirit is a leading aerostructures supplier to both Airbus

Introduction Over the past few months, aPriori has had the privilege of working with Stan Przybylinski, Vice President of Research at CIMdata, to document the current state of the product cost management software market.  

The nature of product development is that details about components emerge … evolve … and solidify over time. A component may start out as a concept sketch with rough dimensional information. Over time that