excerpt - your excel-based cost evaluation and review programme for integrating Tailored Blanks in Body in White conception and production

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Conventional solution or Tailored Blank? How do the cost- and performance parameters behave? How is their relation to each other? Finding a valid answer to these questions took up a lot of time in the past time – whether in the departments of design/strategy and development, press shop, controlling or buying department.

With excerpt it is possible to generate an exact and valid comparison of the overall costs very quick, easy and comfortable.

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What is excerpt?
excerpt is a new programme which permits an easy and fast calculation of overall costs for integrating Tailored Blanks into Body in White conception and production. For this there is no need to install “third-party” software – excerpt runs completely Microsoft Excel based.

With this new calculation software, you are able to verify very easy whether and in which amount a Tailored Blank solution will offer you a cost advantage in comparison to a conventionally produced single part or subassembly in a Body in White conception. This can be done by using one of the prepared and modifiable examples, which are at your disposal and which can be uploaded very easily. Of course you have the possibility of varying the examples by altering some of the main parameters and adding your company internal parameters.

Who should use excerpt?
In excerpt you are able to build up individual processes and even process chains, which gives you the possibility to “simulate” your own exact production settings. In both cases loading up one of the prepared examples and building up your own process chains as well as by creating an individual process you will achieve a differentiated cost comparison in figures and tables. Based on this multi use options excerpt is very helpful for your colleagues in Body-Engineering, Material-/Process-Engineering, Manufacturing, Purchasing and Finance/Controlling.