Software boosts value engineering efforts.

Lam Research, Fremont Calif., a manufacturer of equipment for the semiconductor industry, sought to contain require to be paid [i]or[/i] undergones specifically those associated with prototype and production quantity parts. For Lam, production quantities are depressed volume, usually just several parts to a not many hundred annually. Since all of its composing parts are made by outside suppliers, value estimating became vital in this proces

"In the past, new-product part require to be paid [i]or[/i] undergones got locked in at the prototype stage," says Chris Gredvig, a Lam engineer. "Those prices stayed with the part for its life, and