The 2025 Industry Report on Cost, Schedule, and Risk

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Smarter Cost Estimation for Complex Manufacturing Programs

Galorath’s SEER® platform helps manufacturers improve margins, control cost drivers, and optimize production plans using predictive modeling and AI-assisted estimation tools.

How SEER Helps Manufacturing Teams Improve Accuracy and Efficiency

In manufacturing, cost overruns, shifting requirements, and supply chain volatility can disrupt even the best-engineered programs. SEER® helps you stay in control by delivering fast, data-backed estimates for cost, labor, and process decisions.
From component-level analysis to full production strategies, SEER supports manufacturing teams with validated modeling logic and real-time input from SEERai™, enabling better coordination, faster responses, and more informed planning.

Capabilities for Scalable, High-Accuracy Manufacturing Estimation

SEER enables manufacturing teams to refine production strategies, minimize waste, and forecast with traceable accuracy, whether estimating a single component or coordinating global operations.

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Anticipate future costs and streamline production efforts, ensuring you’re always ahead of the curve.

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Minimize wastage and maximize efficiency with pinpoint precise cost estimations, ensuring optimal resource utilization.

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Make informed decisions by evaluating various manufacturing process options, ensuring optimal resource utilization and cost savings.

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Model multiple materials and production processes to determine your optimum and most cost-effective approach.

icon Detailed Work Breakdown Structures (WBS)

Gain a granular view of tasks, ensuring every project detail is strategically planned and executed.

icon Risk Analysis Tools

Proactively address potential challenges, turning risks into opportunities for project enhancement.

icon Labor and Resource Forecasting

Optimize your team’s efforts by predicting labor hours and ticket volumes, ensuring resources are utilized efficiently.

icon Cloud and Infrastructure Costing

Make informed decisions on cloud migrations and infrastructure investments, maximizing ROI.

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"SEER Cost Analysis Platform provides a robust estimating tool for manufacturing. We are in the aerospace industry and the ability to estimate the standard hour content and apply learning curves is very critical. SEER accomplishes this very efficiently. It is the most complete estimating package that i have been exposed to. It was very easy to install and begin estimating quickly. The customer support is the best i have experienced with any software package."

Brian Costa, Head of Industrial Engineering / OE at Qarbon Aerospace

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“The software drives cost centric behaviors across the organization and nothing in the market is on the leading edge like SEER Software suite.”

Javier Leonardo P., Affordability Systems Staff Engineer

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“We have been using SEER MFG, and the 3D platform for composite, sheet metal, wiring harnesses, machining and others since at least 2012. What we like is the coverage of multiple manufacturing processes, the ease to customize, and the excellent service support from Galorath. Since introducing the 3D platform, we have gained a lot of speed, providing a different estimation, and it is even easier to use. We recommend 100% the use of this software for cost estimation.”

Alain G., Enterprise client

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“Knowledge bases based on historical NASA, AF, and Commercial Satellite contractors that are easy to use and select from program office technical parameters. It is easy to incorporate into the Automated Cost & Integrating tool to include other program costs and complete what-ifs for almost any scenario. Outstanding to say based on the industry average and have any challenges have to answer why it is more or less than the industry.”

Robert Moreland, Project Management Enterprise Integration at NASA

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Integrating SEER with CAD Models and Engineering Tools

SEER integrates with platforms like CATIA and other major CAD systems, embedding cost estimation directly into the engineering process. As designs evolve, teams can update estimates in real time, evaluate trade-offs, and explore cost-optimized manufacturing options.


Key Benefits:

  • Generate detailed cost estimates early in the design process
  • Compare materials, assemblies, and manufacturing methods
  • Improve collaboration between cost engineers and design teams
  • Identify cost-saving opportunities throughout product development

Whether you’re optimizing a single part or modeling complex assemblies, SEER helps manufacturers make better design decisions while keeping innovation on schedule.

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To better understand the cost of the multi-billion-dollar project, BHP requested Galorath to help generate an estimate for the Jansen Mine data infrastructure. However, this is far from a typical data center. Covering over 9600 square kilometers in size, the Jansen Mine will be an innovative and integrated smart city – underground.

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Where SEER Delivers Value in Manufacturing

Precision in Aerospace Manufacturing

With SEER-MFG, aerospace components are built for the skies and grounded in cost efficiency. Define benchmarks, select the best materials, and ensure every component is a testament to precision and budgetary foresight.

Revolutionizing Electronics Production

With SEER-MFG, electronics manufacturing is seamlessly integrated with cost predictions. The transition between production methods, negotiating contracts with clarity, and ensuring every electronic marvel is also a triumph of cost management.

Automotive Excellence with Every Drive

With SEER-MFG, every vehicle component is optimized for cost, ensuring that every drive is not just about performance but also cost-effective production—driving down waste while improving efficiency, sustainability, and reducing corporate carbon footprint.

Designing the Drones of Tomorrow

In a world where drones redefine boundaries, SEER-MFG’s integration with CATIA ensures that these flying wonders are about innovation and strategic cost estimation.

Crafting Optics with Foresight

With SEER 3D, dive deep into design options visually, ensuring that the world sees not just through precision optics but also through the lens of cost efficiency. Actionable visuals allow for interactive cost optimization and drive more accurate project estimates.

From Design to Delivery: SEER Brings Clarity to Every Step

Step into the next generation of cost modeling with Galorath’s SEER platform. Built for manufacturing leaders, SEER combines proven models with AI-powered acceleration so you can estimate faster, evaluate more scenarios, and deliver projects with greater confidence.

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Your Partner In Predictive Cost Analysis and Optimization

Galorath’s SEER® platform combines proven modeling with AI-enabled support to help hardware teams estimate faster, reduce delivery risk, and improve planning accuracy.

SEERai™ enhances the process with natural-language inputs, scenario testing, and responsive estimation workflows. Galorath Services provides expert onboarding, tailored configuration, and ongoing alignment to your program goals.

Predict faster. Plan smarter. Build with confidence.

Global organizations count on Galorath for keen insights into cost optimization and should-cost analysis:

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