About us

coscomp = Engineering that pays off.

We make complex products more cost-effective.

Coscomp combines value engineering, cost engineering, and systems engineering with consistent implementation. We create transparency regarding costs, requirements, and functionality; identify opportunities for optimization; and work with our clients to develop solutions that are technically sound and deliver measurable economic benefits.

“We are not simply reducing product costs. Together with our customers, we are developing the ability to systematically manage value and costs early in the product development process.”

We are headquartered in Luterbach. We work at our clients' locations throughout German-speaking Switzerland.

coscomp = Create value. Understand costs. Implement solutions.

Coscomp is a Swiss specialist in value engineering, cost engineering, systems engineering, and life-cycle costing. From our headquarters in Luterbach, in the canton of Solothurn, we help companies make complex products and systems simpler, more cost-effective, and more competitive.

Dabei verstehen wir uns nicht als klassische Berater, die Konzepte präsentieren und wieder verschwinden. We go where products are created, decisions are made, and solutions are implemented—right to our customers. That is why, although our company headquarters is in Luterbach, we actually work throughout German-speaking Switzerland.

Together with the development, purchasing, production, project management, and executive teams, we ensure transparency regarding functions, product costs, and lifecycle costs. We scrutinize existing solutions, identify cost drivers, and develop concrete technical and economic optimizations.

Our goal is clear: not simply to reduce costs, but to improve the value of a product in a sustainable way.

With a solid methodological foundation, technical expertise, our software tools as our toolkit, and a consistent focus on implementation, we support our clients from the initial analysis through to the final solution.

Coscomp combines technology and cost-effectiveness right where value is created.

How does coscomp help?

Value & Cost Engineering from Switzerland – Close to the Product and the Company

Whether in mechanical engineering, plant engineering, industrial products, or complex technical systems, Coscomp helps companies systematically analyze product costs, evaluate customer requirements and functions, and design cost-optimized technical solutions.

Our specialists work closely with our clients’ teams—on-site, remotely, and as equals. In this way, we combine methodological expertise in value engineering and cost engineering with practical knowledge from development, design, procurement, and production.

 

Where We Create Value

Value Engineering
We analyze features and customer requirements and develop solutions that enhance product value and reduce unnecessary complexity.

Cost Engineering & Design-to-Cost
Wir schaffen Transparenz über Herstell- und Produktkosten, identifizieren Kostentreiber und zeigen konkrete technische Einsparpotenziale auf.

Systems Engineering
We structure complex products and systems, identify interdependencies, and establish a solid foundation for better technical and business decisions.

Life-Cycle Costing
We consider not only the acquisition costs, but also the costs over the entire life cycle of a product or system.

 

Swiss Engineering Expertise – Right at Your Doorstep

Coscomp is headquartered in Luterbach in the canton of Solothurn. However, our projects take us wherever our customers and their products are—throughout German-speaking Switzerland and beyond.

For us, sustainable optimization doesn't happen at a desk, but through direct interaction with the people who develop, purchase, produce, and are responsible for the products.

Together, we turn cost transparency into tangible competitive advantages.

Why coscomp?

Because we don't just apply value and cost engineering—we rethink and advance these concepts for the product development of tomorrow.

The demands placed on product development are changing. Rising cost pressures, shorter development cycles, more complex products, volatile supply chains, and increasing international competition now require more than just isolated cost-cutting measures.

Companies need a value and cost engineering approach that begins early in the product development process and systematically integrates value, functionality, technology, and costs.

This is exactly where Coscomp comes in.

Our specialized team has further developed established value engineering and cost engineering methods—such as design-to-cost, design for manufacturing, design for assembly, should costing, target costing, value analysis, manufacturing cost analysis, and product cost calculation—into a holistic approach.

Systems engineering is at the heart of this approach. It enables us to understand complex products and systems holistically, to clarify requirements, functions, and interrelationships, and to anticipate future solutions early in the development phase.

Our goal is not simply to reduce costs.

We want to increase the value of your product while simultaneously optimizing its costs in a sustainable manner.

 

Scientifically sound. Industrially proven. Tailored to customer needs.

A key distinction of Coscomp lies in its combination of scientific research (Design Science Research) and practical industry experience.

Under the direction of Dr. Raphael Schlup, our Value & Cost Engineering approach was further developed scientifically as part of his dissertation. These findings now form an important foundation of our VCE framework and have been tested and applied in practice across various industrial contexts.

This means we don't simply apply scientific findings to a company.

We're taking it a step further:

Together with our clients, we develop a value-and-cost engineering framework tailored to their products, processes, structures, and strategic goals.

After all, sustainable value and cost engineering does not follow a standard formula.

 

Your Own Value and Cost Engineering System

We help companies strategically integrate value and cost engineering into the product development process—from the initial product idea through concept and development to industrialization and ongoing product optimization.

In doing so, we bring together, among other things:

Value Engineering – Systematically increase customer value and product value

Cost Engineering – Understand cost drivers, make costs transparent, and optimize them in a targeted manner

Design-to-Cost – Integrating Target Costs into Technical Decisions Early On

Should Costing—or, as we call it, “Could Costing”—understanding what a product or component should cost

Target Costing – Consistently Integrating Market Price, Target Margin, and Product Development

Design for Manufacturing & Assembly – Developing Products That Are Suitable for Manufacturing and Optimized for Assembly

Value Analysis – Systematically Examining Functions, Benefits, and Costs

Systems Engineering – Understanding, Visualizing, and Thinking Ahead Holistically About Complex Products

Life-Cycle Costing – Considering costs not only during manufacturing, but throughout the entire product life cycle

The result is not a theoretical methodological handbook.

The result is a practical VCE system that enables your organization to make better product decisions sooner and based on solid data.

 

From research straight to your product development.

Coscomp combines engineering expertise, cost know-how, systems thinking, and scientific methodology with years of experience gained directly within industrial companies.

In this way, we help our customers with more than just their next cost-cutting initiative.

We lay the groundwork for value and cost engineering to become a lasting competency and a strategic competitive advantage within the company.

Value & Cost Engineering for Tomorrow's Requirements.

coscomp = Research meets Industry

Science as a Competitive Advantage.

How should value and cost engineering be structured so that it not only optimizes individual products but also has a lasting impact on a company’s product development process?

Dr. Raphael Schlup, PhD, co-founder of Coscomp and an expert in value and cost engineering, has examined this issue in depth as part of his academic work.

His research combines design science research with concrete challenges from industrial practice. The value-and-cost-engineering framework developed from this research was not only examined theoretically but also tested and applied in practice across various business contexts.

Today, this connection is a central component of the Coscomp approach:

Research → Framework → Business Context → Implementation → Measurable Impact

Für unsere Kunden bedeutet das: Sie erhalten keine isolierte Standardmethode und keine rein theoretische Beratung. Wir kombinieren wissenschaftlich fundierte Erkenntnisse mit unserer Erfahrung aus realen Entwicklungs-, Einkaufs- und Kostenoptimierungsprojekten.

Together, we use this as a basis to develop a company-specific value-and-cost-engineering system that can be integrated into existing product development processes and is tailored to the future needs of the respective company.

 

From scientific discovery to industrial impact.

That is our understanding of modern value and cost engineering.

Why now?

Swiss quality alone is no longer enough to beat the competition!

Global competition is changing. New providers are developing products more quickly, becoming technologically more advanced, and bringing high-performance products to market at significantly more competitive prices.

For Swiss companies, this means: Quality must remain a priority. But speed and cost efficiency must also be part of the equation.

This is exactly where Coscomp comes in.

With our holistic value-and-cost-engineering approach, we integrate product value, functionality, technology, costs, and time-to-market right from the product development process.

From methodology to the customized VCE framework, implementation, and digital platform, we create a seamless value-and-cost-engineering experience—tailored to your company, your products, and your challenges.

Our goal isn't simply to offer a cheaper product.

We work with you to develop products that deliver the right customer value, can be brought to market faster, and can be manufactured at competitive costs.

 

High Quality. High Speed. Competitive Cost.

Coscomp provides you with the methodology, the toolkit, and the implementation expertise—all from a single source.

So that Swiss engineering remains competitive in the future.

Are you ready to rethink value and cost engineering?
Then get in touch with us.

Our Management Team

Thanks to experience and practical relevance from numerous projects, we provide you with individual support tailored to your needs.

Our Advisory Board

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