Online method and system for estimating the manufacturing cost of components

摘要

The present invention relates to an online method and system for estimating the manufacturing cost of a component. A preferred method embodiment of the present invention includes receiving a component model which includes quantitative driver(s) and cost algorithm(s) used to determine the estimated manufacturing cost, receiving values for each quantitative driver, determining the estimated manufacturing costs for the component based on the values for each quantitative driver and the cost algorithm(s), and transmitting the estimated manufacturing cost to a user. A preferred computer system of the present invention is configured to receive a component model which includes quantitative driver(s) and cost algorithm(s), receive values for each quantitative driver, determine the estimated manufacturing costs for the component based on the quantitative driver values and the cost algorithm(s), and transmit the estimated manufacturing cost to a user.