
COST-OPTIMIZED AND FUTURE-PROOF SYSTEMS
Cost-optimized and future-proof systems through scalable mechatronic architectures
From the initial concept phase to market launch and throughout the entire product life cycle, we develop smart products as holistic system solutions for our customers. In this context, sustainable product cost optimization is at the center of our development strategies. At a time when intelligent and networked systems are steadily gaining in importance, the balance between innovation and profitability is more crucial than ever for market success. This challenge requires a holistic approach that combines technical excellence with economic efficiency.
As a leading development partner, the EDAG Group offers you precisely this expertise. With an interdisciplinary approach to product development, we offer companies in all industries solutions for optimizing existing smart products and for the cost-efficient development of new, scalable systems. Using innovative methods such as the double-V / X-model approach for mechatronic systems, we ensure seamless product development.
We ensure the success of your projects by optimally balancing time efficiency, quality standards and product cost optimization. Thanks to efficient portfolio framing, development goals are precisely defined and implemented with the systematic inclusion of production costs. This results in sustainable and cost-efficient products. Our customers benefit from comprehensive management of development goals, which ideally balances development and production costs, quality and product maturity. This is how cost-optimized systems are created that are economical and future-proof in both production and operation.
Topic overview
Modular product development for future-proof solutions
When developing future-proof smart products, the EDAG Group relies on advanced technologies and methods. The IoT integration of mechatronics enables a seamless connection between physical components and digital systems. For an efficient product scale-up, EDAG uses model-based system developments, digital twins and the industrial metaverse. Product cost optimization is achieved through value analyses and AI-supported simulations. This way, customers benefit from economically optimized and highly integrated product solutions that can be flexibly adapted to market requirements and ensure competitive advantages.


Six steps in mechatronic system development
- Requirement analysis
We identify and prioritize customer requirements, market trends and technical specifications to create a solid foundation for product cost optimization. - Concept development
Our experts develop innovative solutions that take into account the design-to-cost principle in order to reconcile economic and technical objectives. - System integration
The EDAG Group implements scalable mechatronics concepts that allow flexible adaptation to future requirements. - Cost modeling
Using simulation tools, we create detailed cost forecasts across the entire product life cycle. - Prototyping
We manufacture functional prototypes to validate the technical and economic concepts. - Scaling
Optimization of production processes and supply chains ensures cost-efficient scaling from prototype to series production.
Reduction of product costs for a storage tank
- Requirement
- Transparency of the manufacturing costs of a storage tank
- Ensuring cost efficiency for planned in-house production
- Optimization of manufacturing costs
- Solutions
- Detailed disassembly and analysis of the product
- Precise calculation of product costs and breakdown of the cost structure
- Conducting a benchmark and cost comparison with competing products
- Identification of the main cost drivers
- Development of targeted measures for product cost optimization
- Your benefits
- Complete transparency of manufacturing costs and cost structure for in-house production of the storage tank
- Sound basis for make-or-buy decisions
- Significant reduction of product costs by 22% per storage tank


System refurbishment of heat interface units
- Requirement
- Consolidation of two existing product families and their production lines
- Coping with cost pressure in a competitive environment
- Harmonization of inconsistent product structures
- Solutions
- Comprehensive analysis of competitor products
- Detailed examination of the existing product structure
- Evaluation of the current state of the production structure
- Development of variants for materials, components and assembly processes
- Design of a function-based product structure, taking into account mechatronic networking
- Your benefits
- Successful product and production optimization with approx. 10% cost improvement
- Implementation of an innovative concept for semi-modularization of the product
- Increased competitiveness
The advantages for you of the EDAG Group's efficient and cost-optimized system development
- Comprehensive optimization: Mechatronic architecture optimization and design-to-cost procedures provide customers with efficient and scalable solutions for their products.
- Cost efficiency:Optimization of product costs leads to a significant reduction in development costs while simultaneously increasing process reliability, product quality and competitiveness.
- Interdisciplinary expertise: A cross-disciplinary team ensures seamless integration of all development aspects and accelerates the product scale-up process.
- Future-proof: The development of scalable systems enables flexible adaptation to changing market requirements and technological advances.
- Transparency and reliability: Objective key figures and guaranteed results offer customers maximum planning security and a reliable basis for deciding on their product strategies.

INNOVATIVE SMART PRODUCTS
The EDAG Group takes responsibility for optimizing the costs of your products, using specialized, data-driven methods based on in-depth expertise and cross-industry know-how. We develop customized strategies to efficiently transform your innovative concepts into economically successful and marketable solutions. Our goal is to work with you to create groundbreaking smart products that set standards in both technical excellence and commercial profitability.
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