Opus Suite+ for Cost Control
Control costs across the entire system life cycle
The Cost Control capabilities in Opus Suite+ help organizations calculate and predict costs and revenues throughout the life cycle of a technical system, and evaluate the financial consequences of decisions affecting maintenance, logistics, and operations.
Opus Suite+ provides a complete and flexible environment for cost and revenue analysis, allowing users to define the scope, focus, approach, and level of detail required. These capabilities support life cycle cost analysis, budgeting and planning, financial risk assessments, and cost control for ongoing programs and operations.
Cost Control capabilities in Opus Suite+ provide answers to high level questions such as:
- What is a good estimate of the life cycle costs, given current information about the system and its components, the planned operations, and logistics support solutions?
- How will costs be distributed over time and across different life cycle phases?
- What are the largest and most important cost types so that analysis efforts can be focused effectively?
- Will certain requirements or conceptual decisions drive costs?
- What is the potential profit margin?
- How are costs distributed over time?
Analyze alternatives with confidence:
Opus Suite+ enables users to compare and analyze alternatives side by side in a clear and structured way, for example when choosing between:
Competing proposals
System design alternatives
Alternative maintenance solutions
Contract terms
Understand cost drivers and financial impact
Opus Suite+ allows you to drill down into the details to support decisions regarding questions such as:
Which are the main cost drivers?
Which changes or improvements to the solution will be most beneficial from a cost perspective?
Which factors have the largest impact on cost or profitability?
What is the predicted cost of phase out or replacement of aging equipment?
Perform consequence and risk analysis
Opus Suite+ also supports consequence analysis and financial risk assessments. With fast cost calculations and simulations of cost and revenue flows, you can determine:
What is the probability that costs will exceed a certain level?
How are costs impacted by changes to the operational profile or support solution?
How sensitive are cost results to uncertainty or variation in different parameters?
Which cost types are most affected by uncertainty or parameter changes?
What are the direct and indirect environmental impact costs of a particular solution?
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