by Jerry Collins | Jul 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Cost Estimation for Risk: Are Contractors Really Overpricing? How data-driven parametric price and cost estimation can mitigate the need for vendors to overcharge fixed-price contracts. In a May 2023 report, CBS News uncovered repeated instances of defense contractors...
by Jerry Collins | May 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
Abstract: The transition to agile management approaches for Software development has introduced even more challenges for cost estimating teams, especially as they support long-term budget development and program execution. Learn about how Unison Cost Engineering is...
by Jerry Collins | Mar 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
Carrot or Stick? If it were only that simple A purpose of the Society of Cost Engineers (SOCE) is to advocate that cost engineers, CFOs and accountants get out of the 1960s and into the 21st century by applying progressive management accounting methods and systems....
by Jerry Collins | Mar 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
Volume, volume, volume! I recently participated in an online discussion on LinkedIn as to the impact of volume on cost. To be honest, this is one of my favorites, although controversial topics. A LinkedIn user was listing all the typical cost drivers for a product,...
by Jerry Collins | Jan 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Long Arc Bends Toward Justice Martin Luther King, Jr. said that “the arc of history is long, but it bends toward justice.” The origin of this sentence can be traced to Theodore Parker who was a Unitarian minister and prominent American...
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