Bulk Costing and Analysis

Use Bulk Costing and Analysis to analyze multiple components at the same time, to quickly identify cost-reduction opportunities for groups of components.

Bulk costing also allows you to take data from a spreadsheet; for example, to define all production inputs, add secondary processes, and override PSOs. See Supply Bulk Costing Data from a Spreadsheet.

Note: Bulk Costing and Analysis requires a separate license.

Process Overview

You can quickly generate preliminary costs for groups of parts, by setting their initial costing parameters using a tabular interface, then bulk costing:

Run Bulk Costing

Select Tools > Bulk Costing & Analysis to display the Bulk Costing & Analysis window.

See Bulk Costing Using the UI and Bulk Costing Menu Commands.

You can also run bulk costing from the command line, using CSV or Excel content for input. See Running from the Command Line.

After setting inputs, you can then cost this bulk cost group to analyze your group of parts. See Costing a bulk cost group.