The European Space Agency (ESA) has developed the ESA Costing Software (ECOS) as a data processing tool for the preparation and presentation of cost proposals. Because ESA's projects are shared by member countries, and the work is divided into many parts, the best integrated price tendered for a given project is difficult to judge. Each project is divided into products by the Work Breakdown Structure. Each product node is further broken down, via a Product Tree, into components such as flight hardware, software, and support equipment. The primary contractor works with a hierarchy of subcontractors who, in turn, have their own subcontractors. ECOS permits the orderly entering of costing data, its analysis, and the evaluation of an integrated price proposal for any project. ECOS also supports ESA's policies of using the latest technology and obtaining the best possible value for ESA's member nations' taxpayers.


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    Title :

    ECOS: The ESA Costing Software


    Contributors:
    N. Longdon (author)

    Publication date :

    1988


    Size :

    32 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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