design to cost

"Design to cost is a management strategy and supporting methodologies to achieve an affordable product by treating target cost as an independent design parameter that needs to be achieved during the development of a product." [1]

Applications of this methodology include the dollar a gallon gasoline project.

(Fast links)

• Dollar a gallon gasoline
• Penny a kWh
• Hundred dollars a kg
• Miller's method
• http://www.theoildrum.com/node/5485
• http://www.theoildrum.com/node/7898 (Recent discussion and details)
• Mining Asteroids (Asteroid mining is a natural outgrowth of mining for power satellite parts.)

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