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# Ensure success in Procurement

with FACTON EPC Should Costing.

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Procurement departments **contribute significantly to profitability** and corporate growth. For this contribution, it is necessary to be able to calculate increasingly more components in addition to the supplier comparison. With FACTON EPC Should Costing [purchasing teams successfully implement their costing strategies](https://www.facton.com/should-costing?hsLang=en). The enterprise solution enables users to better identify cost-related risk factors in supply chains and develop negotiation strategies based on valid data. They efficiently prepare price analyses for purchased parts and conduct negotiations with suppliers on a reliable basis.

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### **Identify savings potentials faster**

With FACTON EPC Should Costing prices for purchased parts can be determined and analyzed transparently and at any time. Users **recognize saving potentials**, define target costs for cost drivers and efficiently implement measures for cost optimization in the distribution of tasks across locations and departments.

### **Determine costs reliably**

FACTON's purchasing solution offers reliable, external comparative data with integrated benchmark data. Users have **direct access to a large amount of data records** available on material, wage and overhead costs as well as machine data. Simulations and cost comparisons support the process of determining optimal costs.

### **Obtain better negotiations results**

Purchasing and procurement use company-wide available data with FACTON EPC. With [digital cost models](https://www.facton.com/software/facton-epc-suite/cost-model-designer?hsLang=en) they are able to calculate complex manufacturing technologies independently. Users accelerate processes with the EPC solution, **work consistently with profound data**, achieve cost transparency and can conduct negotiations at a common level.

## Best Practices

### White Paper: Should Costing

Understand cost structures of suppliers and identify optimization potential.

[White Paper: Should Costing](https://www.facton.com/resources/whitepaper-should-costing?hsLang=en)

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### Webinar on Demand: Cost Models in Should Costing

Learn in the webinar video how Purchasing benefits from the FACTON EPC Cost Model Designer.

[Webinar on Demand: Cost Models in Should Costing](https://www.facton.com/resources/webinar-on-demand-cost-models-for-should-costing?hsLang=en)

[Learn more](https://www.facton.com/resources/webinar-on-demand-cost-models-for-should-costing?hsLang=en)

### White Paper: Cost Engineering in Purchasing

The method you need to secure profitability.

[White Paper: Cost Engineering in Purchasing](https://www.facton.com/resources/whitepaper-cost-engineering-in-purchasing?hsLang=en)

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### News: Ford estimates costs with FACTON EPC Should Costing

Find out why Ford Motor Company chose FACTON EPC Should Costing for calculating purchased parts.

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[Learn more](https://www.facton.com/news/ford-estimates-costs-with-facton-epc-should-costing?hsLang=en)

### Webinar on Demand: Highest Quality at the Best Price

The webinar shows how cost engineers negotiate prices with suppliers on an equal footing.

[Webinar on Demand: Highest Quality at the Best Price](https://www.facton.com/resources/webinar-on-demand-highest-quality-at-the-best-price?hsLang=en)

[Learn more](https://www.facton.com/resources/webinar-on-demand-highest-quality-at-the-best-price?hsLang=en)

### White Paper: Benchmarking

Identify optimization potential, sharpen competitive edge.

[White Paper: Benchmarking](https://www.facton.com/resources/whitepaper-benchmarking?hsLang=en)

[Learn more](https://www.facton.com/resources/whitepaper-benchmarking?hsLang=en)

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### Your advantages at a glance

- Rapid deployment
- Maximum user-friendliness
- Target-based costing
- Integrated benchmark data
- Transparent presentation of overhead costs
- Consistent action management

### Based on the modern FACTON EPC platform

- High scalability
- Offline capability
- Integrated reporting
- Easy on-premises operation
- Secure use in the cloud

### Manage your purchasing negotiations with **FACTON EPC Should Costing to enhance** **your** **profitability, flexibility** and **competitiveness**.

## COST SMARTER. think ahead.

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