MTI Systems provides world leading cost estimating software for manufacturers and fabricators around the globe. Below you will find estimating software and estimating survey software to fit your needs and to maximize your profitability.
MTI Systems is a leading provider of Computer-Aided Cost Estimating (CACE) solutions for the manufacturing industry, serving both OEM's and their suppliers. Our solutions are designed with the knowledge of the critical challenges facing manufacturers today and have been proven to help them achieve superior competitiveness through the reduction of costs and increased profitability. MTI Systems is proud to have implemented our solutions at over 1,000 companies with over 10,000 trained users since our inception in 1982.
Costimator for SuppliersCostimator for Suppliers provides job shops with a fast, accurate, and consistent method to estimate cycle times and costs for quoting and process planning purposes; enabling them to bid with confidence and optimize their ability to win profitable contracts.
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Costimator for OEMs
Costimator OEM provides OEMs with the knowledge they need to identify and understand the cost drivers in the parts they design, manufacture and procure. By breaking down and quantifying the true costs of manufactured parts and assemblies, Costimator OEM allows companies to implement uniform and predictable costing strategies while reducing throughout the product lifecycle.
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SES, a division of MTI Systems, comprises a team of cost engineering experts with over 100 years of manufacturing and cost estimating experience. SES engineers utilize MTI Systems' industry leading cost estimating program, Costimator OEM, to explore different methods of manufacturing parts through alternative processes, materials and machinery. The detailed cost data the service provides allows manufacturing companies to identify cost reduction opportunities throughout the product development lifecycle, from design to procurement.
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Partial Processes List
Below is just a sample of the many processes that MTI Systems' solutions cover:
Abrasive Cutoff
Assembly
Bending
Bore Mill
Brake
Brazing
Broaching
Burnishing
Burr
Casting
Chemical Machining
Drilling
EDM
Flame Cutting
Forging
Forming
Gear Cut
Grinding
Heat Treat
Honing & Lapping
Injection Molding
Inspection
Laser
Lathe
Milling
Painting
Plasma
Plating
Press Work
Router
Sandblasting
Sawing
Screw Machine
Shearing
Stamping
Stretch Forming
Tube Bending
Turning
Turret Punch Press
Waterjet