Aerospace & Defense
Aerospace & Defense companies need to quickly and accurately develop proposals for Government contracts covering engineering programs, manufactured systems, spares and repair/overhaul proposals. These bids are complex, with very large bill of material structures and negotiated rate structures, covering cost-plus, firm fixed price and outcome based scenarios such as 'power-by-the-hour', against a highly regulated environment (DFAR 252.215-7002, TINA and FAR 15.2). Twenty5 provides a true Project-CPQ for A&D companies who deliver parts, services and projects - to plan, cost and price more effectively, from a single central database.
Problem
With proposals ranging from a few spare parts to programs lasting decades and costing hundreds of millions of dollars, A&D companies need a tool which not only provides an accurate cost, but also the essential 'basis of estimate' or cost rationale for any supplier spend over $2M. Twenty5 is unique in that it can dive right into your SAP S/4 performance history - including purchase orders, contracts, supplier quotes, timesheets, routers/task lists and shop floor confirmations - to determine a project-centric multi-dimensional cost, and price, for your Government proposal.
Solution
Proposal Structures Built for Large A&D Programs
Manage structures such as the WBS, CLINs, billing, resource categories, cost elements and schedules, together with tags, BOMs and optional sets, to better model predictable outcomes.
Manufacturing & Procurement
Estimate large BOMs from SAP, PLM or Excel and adjust using similar-to relationships and machine learning from prior ERP shop floor and purchasing history, for unit, recurring and non-recurring costs.
Pitch-Ready Reporting
Provide management and customer reports based on a single source of the truth. Slice and dice your data using our powerful price/cost analysis pivot and AI co-pilot. Understand risk-adjusted cost and margins.
Ensure Government Compliance
Support your DCMA disclosure and compliance (DFAR 252.215-7002, TINA/TCPD and FAR 15.2) and automatically detect and group material spend above TINA/TCPD threshold and send to SAP Ariba or Coupa for supplier quotation. Provide the complete basis of estimate for cost-plus proposals.
Project Knowledge Base
Mine existing proposal and project data from your SAP ERP, define best practice templates, and set-up new proposals faster, based on prior knowledge and performance history.
Engineering & Services
In addition to discrete or level of effort estimating, use Twenty5's formulas and cost estimating relationships (CERs) to calculate effort and cost for repetitive or parameter-based tasks, anchoring estimates in past performance.
Flexible Pricing
Support all A&D contract types such as cost-plus, fixed price, subscription/lease, or outcome based pricing models, with our customizable pricing engine and SAP ERP integration for price conditions.
Deliver Against Your Bid
At contract award, seamlessly convert Twenty5's proposal into an SAP contract, revenue plan, project/network and labor/material/other resources, for execution and actual cost collection in SAP, expanding the same WBS structure from your proposal.
Benefits By Role
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Quickly digest key proposal stats
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Compare proposals across product lines or divisions
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Understand pipeline profitability by quarter
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Compare actuals to estimated during project delivery
