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DFMA® Software Suite

Should Costing, Product Simplification, and Global Costing Data — three tools that work together to help your team hit cost targets before tooling begins.

Not sure which tool to start with? Most teams begin with Should Costing for supplier negotiations, or Product Simplification to reduce part count. Use them together for maximum impact.
40+
Years of Data
1.6M+
Data Points
22
Countries
15+
Process Models
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The DFMA® software suite

Each product can stand alone, but they're designed to work as a connected suite — giving your team full cost visibility from concept through production.

Should Costing
DFMA: Should Costing

Build defensible, physics-based manufacturing cost estimates. Compare process alternatives, explore global regions, and share transparent cost build-ups for supplier negotiations.

  • 15+ manufacturing process cost models
  • Instant sensitivity to tolerances & features
  • Integrated CAD support (STEP, STL, IGES)
  • Dynamic Cost Agent highlights top drivers
  • Transparent breakdowns for negotiations
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Design for Assembly
DFMA: Product Simplification

Reduce part count, eliminate fasteners, and simplify assembly through guided analysis. Benchmark design efficiency with the DFA Index and drive consensus across your team.

  • Systematic part consolidation analysis
  • Handling & fastening penalty quantification
  • DFA Index benchmarking across iterations
  • Auto-generated suggestions for redesign
  • Integrates directly with Should Costing
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New
New in 2025B
Global Costing Data

Access 200,000+ data points across 22 countries to compare manufacturing costs by region. Make confident sourcing and reshoring decisions with consistent global benchmarks.

  • 200,000+ data points across 22 countries
  • Labor rates, material costs & machine rates
  • Consistent assumptions for fair comparison
  • Supports reshoring & nearshoring analysis
  • Continuously updated regional profiles
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Better together: one workflow

Use Product Simplification to reduce what you build, Should Costing to optimize how you build it, and Global Costing Data to decide where.

1

Simplify the Design

Use Product Simplification to cut parts, fasteners, and assembly steps. Establish the minimum part count.

2

Cost Each Part

Feed the simplified BOM into Should Costing. Model processes, materials, and tolerances to find the most cost-effective design.

3

Compare Globally

Use Global Costing Data to evaluate manufacturing costs across regions. Source with hard numbers, not guesswork.

Proven results

Average results from documented case studies. Hundreds of Fortune 1000 companies — including Dell, John Deere, Harley-Davidson, and Kohler — have achieved measurable results with DFMA.

50%
Total Cost Reduction
54%
Part Count Reduction
60%
Assembly Time Reduction
42%
Labor Cost Reduction
45%
Dev. Time Reduction

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Built for your role

Role
Design Engineering

Simplify products and reduce part count before cost locks in.
Role
Manufacturing Engineering

Model process alternatives and give design teams data-backed feedback.
Role
Cost Engineering

Build transparent should-costs and negotiate with driver-level data.
Role
Executive Leadership

Measure ROI across simplification, should-costing, and productivity.

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