Cost and Value Engineering Academy

Enable non-technicians to evaluate technical drawings from a cost perspective. This is the base to consider the requirements in the cost calculation or to identify cost driver requirements.

Gain knowledge of all costing parameters without exception and be able to create your own component calculations. Enhance your commercial knowledge in costing techniques.

How is the costing method implemented in the costing tool? We train the handling and implementation of business questions in the tool.

Gain an overview of all relevant processes within the respective technology with geometries, machines, and equipment-tools. Deepen your knowledge with practical examples.

Exercises to deepen technology knowledge based on a joint preparation of best-price calculations with maximum depth of detail. Evaluation of offers with price difference indication for self-assessment.

Methods for error-free interpretation of costing results in order to correctly deal with cost drivers.

Training in methods for the accurate preparation of cost structure negotiations based on cost analysis.

Training in systematic methods and creative procedures contributing to an optimization of value design. Illustration through practical examples.

Qualification in structured negotions with the development of fact-based argumentation chains. Case study-based sustainability training.

Deepening methods for holistic cross-functional preparation and the creation of a negotiating agenda. Strengthening your rhetorical skills to articulate arguments and fairly achieve your own objectives.

Presentation of all objectives, contents, and limits of cost disclosure; as well as training in procedures that will enable you to effectively use all permissible means to defend your price target.