Cost insights before you negotiate. 

NEGOTIATE FROM A POSITION OF STRENGTH

Build a negotiation-ready should-cost position from engineering intent, internal history, and market signals.

Connect internal cost logic with market signals and supplier history, so negotiations focus on specific drivers instead of generic benchmarks.

Bring sourcing, engineering, finance, and program leadership into the same review package, reducing late-stage debate and avoiding rework before award.

Turn BOMs, drawings, and statements of work into a structured cost story that shows what drives price and where a quote departs from reality.

77%

average percent of projects that go over budget (globally) due to lack of data visibility and accuracy.1

MAKE TRADE-OFFS VISIBLE EARLY

Test sourcing and design alternatives fast before you lock suppliers, volumes, and terms.

Compare scenarios across materials, processes, volumes, locations, and schedule assumptions, so teams choose options that protect cost and delivery before commitment.

Use Estimation-Centric AI to extract cost drivers from technical narratives, quotes, and prior artifacts, reducing manual cleanup and accelerating scenario work.

Keep each scenario tied to explicit assumptions, so leadership can approve trade-offs without reopening every calculation.

SCALE WITHOUT LOSING DEFENSIBILITY

Standardize should-cost analysis across programs, categories, and regions.

Replace one-off spreadsheets with consistent structures and assumptions, so awards stay consistent across teams and sites.

Preserve traceability across sources, revisions, and approvals to support compliance, audits, and post-award questions without having to rebuild the rationale.

Keep should-cost positions current as quotes change and markets shift, using secure AI support tied to validated modeling discipline and human review.

$19M+ savings

over three years from should-cost estimating initiatives with SEER.

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