Cost estimation helps build confidence in the feasibility of development novel manufacturing processes. This paper focuses on exploration cost for processes decision support. One aspects is building credibility around analysis, especially, early stages planning. estimating guidelines provide a good overview steps but there requirement model development. Through an understanding principles, as w...

Expert Judgement (EJ) is used extensively during the generation of cost estimates. Cost estimators have to make numerous assumptions and judgements about what they think a new product will cost. However, the use of EJ is often frowned upon, not well accepted or understood by non-cost estimators within a concurrent engineering environment. Computerised cost models, in many ways, have reduced the...