The price, and the reason for every euro.
ARCNM decomposes each unit cost into material, setup, cycle time, machine burden and overhead, then prices the whole lot-size curve and marks the break-points where the economics turn. Setup is a one-time cost, so it amortises across the lot; the machine re-selects with volume; and every number traces back to the parameter that produced it. A defensible should-cost you can hand to a customer, line by line.
A curve, not a single number
A one-off and a thousand-off are different parts economically. ARCNM returns unit cost at every quantity on the lot grid (1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1,000, 2,500) along a learning curve, so you can quote any batch size from one calculation.
Break-points with a rationale
The curve kinks where the economics change, and each break-point is named: setup/run crossover, fixture amortisation, tool life, EOQ optimum, machine-class crossover and learning-curve kink. A price drop is never a mystery.
An auditable decomposition
Every unit cost decomposes into material, amortised setup, run labour, machine burden, tooling where it applies, overhead and the calibration cost offset. The line items always sum to the headline, and each euro traces back through full provenance to the physics, rate or posterior that produced it.
Straight into your quote
The whole curve, the decomposition behind each point, and the lineage behind each number come back ready for your ERP or quoting tool — so you can pick the lot that wins and show the customer exactly why the price is the price.