Value Management
QTRIX – The Digital Solution for Those Who Create Value, Not Just Count Costs
QTRIX is the platform for Value Analysis, Value Management, Design to Cost, and Product Cost Optimization. It connects technical data, functions, and cost calculations within a continuous system, enabling structured evaluation of product value, optimization potential, and cost-saving opportunities. With flexible bills of materials, function-cost analysis, AI-powered data access, and parametric cost calculation, QTRIX offers a practical and methodologically sound approach to sustainable value enhancement.
Idea and Workshop Tools for Collaborative Product Optimization
QTRIX supports idea collection in on-site workshops or through decentralized mobile input via QR codes. Ideas can be captured digitally in real time, classified, and seamlessly integrated into ongoing projects. Evaluation criteria such as effort, potential, or feasibility are freely definable, enabling objective prioritization. This improves the quality of proposed measures and accelerates their implementation.
Function Analysis and Function Cost Assessment
With QTRIX, product functions can be systematically recorded, prioritized, and directly linked to individual components. This enables analysis of each component’s value contribution in relation to its cost – forming the basis for true functional cost optimization. Unlike traditional tools, this linkage is performed directly within the system, with visual support and interactive editing. As a result, the classic VA/VE approach becomes fully digital and scalable.
Flexible Bills of Materials with Technical Details, Functions, and Cost Calculations
QTRIX enables the creation of technical bills of materials with attributes such as material, weight, dimensions, and various component structures. At the same time, costs and functions can be directly assigned to components – without system discontinuities. The result is multidimensional BOMs that integrate both technical structures and the evaluation of functions and cost calculations. This flexibility makes QTRIX a unique solution for product optimization based on Value Analysis and Design to Cost principles.
Integrated Costing Logic for Cost Comparison and Target Cost Management
With QTRIX, not only actual costs can be recorded, but target and planned costs can also be defined for each component or function. The software visualizes cost variances and systematically identifies optimization potential. Alternatives or benchmarks can be directly compared – even across variants or redesigns. This makes Design to Cost not just feasible, but fully controllable.
AI-Powered Data Search and Centralized Knowledge Structure (iTEMS)
The integrated AI chatbot searches all platform content – from project texts and images to technical attributes and documents – and delivers precise results within seconds. At the same time, QTRIX organizes all information in a flexible, object-based data model (iTEMS) that can be easily extended and interconnected. This allows users to find, reuse, and leverage information more quickly across projects. The result: enhanced organizational knowledge and reduced redundancies.
The Key Benefits of QTRIX at a Glance
QTRIX as a Bridge Between Engineering, Costing, and Value Analysis
The QTRIX platform enables seamless integration of engineering, cost, and function – a clear advantage over conventional tools, which typically focus on management, procurement, or isolated VE methodologies.
Holistic Approach
Combines technical, functional, and commercial data within a single integrated system.
Unique Bill of Materials Structure
Direct Integration of Engineering, Cost, and Function – Without Interface Losses
Digitalized Method Expertise
Enables methodical and intuitive application of VA, VE, DTC, and Target Costing
Fast Execution Through Mobile and Visual Tools
Real-Time Idea Collection and Assessment – Perfect for Workshops and Remote Collaboration
Scalability & Flexibility
Flexible configuration for products, projects, and companies of all sizes
User-Friendliness & Clarity
Intuitive Interface with Full Methodological Depth
AI-Powered Knowledge Access
Fast Search, Structured Access, and Improved Knowledge Reuse