Technical Blueprint · Case in Point #303
Client Profile: Global Industrial Machinery & Heavy Equipment Manufacturer ($3.2B Direct Material Spend).
Challenge: Key suppliers demanded 14-22% price hikes citing general inflation, severely degrading gross margin on core product families.
Clean-Sheet Deconstruction Framework
Built parametric should-cost models separating net material weight, engineered scrap credit, machine tonnage rates, and statutory regional labor rates.