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Product Lifecycle Cost Management (PLCM)
CablePRO PLCM is an industry-specific, interactive cost management solution within the CablePRO PLM platform. It provides early visibility into product and quotation costs to help optimize pricing strategies and protect future profit margins across the entire product lifecycle.
Drive better cost & margin decisions with CablePRO PLCM
✽ Maximize profitability by controlling costs from the earliest design stages.
Secure Profit Margins Early with CablePRO PLCM
Cloud based deployment
Access anywhere, anytime. Scalable and secure infrastructure for distributed teams.
Intuitive cost modelling interface
Build and simulate cost structures easily, even during design iterations.
Seamless ERP integrations
Open connectivity with ERP and external cost databases for synchronized data flow.
Adaptive architecture
Built-in extensibility to accommodate customer, country or regions specific costing scenarios and industry-specific requirements.
✽ What We Offer
Discover key benefits
Drive Profitability from Day One
Gain early insight into product engineering, quotation, and lifecycle costs to make informed decisions that protect and enhance profit margins.
Accelerate Time-to-Market
Streamline R&D and product development through collaborative workflows, leaner processes, and reduced development costs.
Optimize Costs & Revenue
Simulate and compare multiple cost scenarios—even —during the early design phase to ensure the most cost-effective outcomes.
Innovation Behind PLCM
CablePRO PLCM empowers engineering, costing, and product management teams with early, actionable insights into product and quotation costs—before designs are finalized and investments are committed.
With full visibility across teams and real-time cost modeling, you can confidently support innovative designs, custom-engineered orders, and margin-focused decision-making.
✽ Enhanced Value-Driven Model
Discover key features
Meta Data Modeling & Extensibility
Define custom meta data attributes, fields, and formulas tailored to your business needs.
Work across multiple costing sheets and manage component-level cost breakdowns.
Maintain master data or integrate with enterprise systems or import Microsoft Excel for data flexibility.
Product Cost Calculation & Simulation
Perform real-time cost calculations using Cable S/4 ERP for fast and accurate cost visibility.
Support manual overrides, automatic recalculations, and maintain version control for full transparency.
Enable market specific target costing to drive better early design decisions.
Product Pricing & Currency Management
Configure price strategies for components, operations, and services..
Support multiple currencies and costing dimensions for global applicability.
Calculate structured overhead costs using flexible costing sheets and transparent allocation rules..
Integration Capabilities
Inbound: Import data from Cable S/4 ERP, Excel, and other systems via robust APIs.
Outbound: Export cost data to Excel or external systems for further analysis or reporting
Next gen Cable ERP
Access all cost-relevant data in real time via Cable S/4 ERP’s integrated platform.
Quickly identify cost drivers and areas for optimization across products and projects.
Support strategic decisions using embedded cost analysis and cost optimization tools.
Analytics & Reporting
Gain real-time business insights with interactive dashboards and costing reports.
Track and analyze by costing categories, product lifecycle stages, and versions.
Perform version comparisons to evaluate design and cost trade-offs effectively.
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