Bring Speed and Structure to Automotive Cost Management

Tset replaces error-prone spreadsheets with automated costing, supplier transparency, and CO₂ insights — tailored for the speed and scale of today’s automotive programs.

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Automated Bottom-up Costing for Complex Parts & Tools

Build reliable cost models in seconds using 3D models, BOMs, or parametric inputs. Tset handles tool, forming, casting, and machining costs with less effort and full consistency.

Standardized Should-Costing and Supplier Transparency

Challenge supplier quotes with confidence. Use OEM-compliant breakdowns, benchmark data, and editable models that keep your logic consistent across teams and negotiations.

Centralized Master Data for Confident Decisions 

Access validated secondary market data, including wages, materials, and overheads - all in one place. Tset connects internal logic with global cost drivers for fast, confident decisions.

Cloud-Based, Always Up to Date

No IT bottlenecks or outdated versions. Tset’s fully managed cloud platform keeps your team aligned, secure, and working with the latest models and features.

Collaboration Across Teams, Sites, and Suppliers

Get cost engineering, purchasing, and sales on the same page with real-time collaboration, user permissions, and full visibility across locations.

CO₂ Visibility From Day One

Access CO2 values with every cost estimate. No extra steps or tools required - just export-ready results that support sustainability goals from the start.

"As a tier 1 supplier to the automotive industry, we are under constant cost pressure and face new challenges in terms of sustainability metrics. Tset enables us to meet these requirements with a high level of automation."

"We use Tset to assess the carbon footprint of our entire product portfolio – starting with our high-performance products in the automotive market, where the pressure is greatest."

  • Supplier Negotiations

  • Design Decisions

  • Project Cost Control

  • Quoting That Wins

  • Build Up Cost Engineering

Visual introduction to sourcing features in Tset's product cost software, emphasizing faster, data-driven procurement decisions for cost optimization.

Understand supplier cost structures to negotiate better deals.

Use market data and cost models to gain transparency, compare supplier quotes, and negotiate with confidence.

Tset software interface showing cost driver analysis for a metal part, helping identify savings on operations like cutting and bending.

Make cost and CO₂ part of early design decisions.

Evaluate cost and carbon impact early to compare design options before decisions become locked in. 

Engineers analyzing cost simulations across countries using Tset to improve transparency and control for global sourcing strategies.

Keep projects on budget and aligned with business goals.

Track cost and CO₂ from concept to launch to avoid overruns and stay aligned with targets.

Overview of Tset quoting capabilities showing ERP integration and brownfield cost calculation to streamline manufacturing cost analysis.

Quote faster and more consistently, backed by real cost insights.

Support fast, confident quoting with consistent cost and CO₂ estimates based on real data and proven models. 

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Build up Cost Engineering with expert support.

Get hands-on support from Tset’s cost engineers and manufacturing experts to build your cost and CO₂ strategy, embed best practices, and deliver measurable savings across your organization.

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