The effect of aircraft performance, quantity, and schedule on aircraft cost has been analyzed in order to create a method for making informed decisions about aircraft optimization. Operations analysis and parametric costing were used to compare the operational value of increased aircraft performance to the cost of increasing aircraft performance. In addition to the direct cost of performance, this analysis includes the hidden costs to the manufacturer and user resulting from a reduction in aircraft quantities delivered due to incremental increases in their unit cost. It is shown that accelerating product development in order to deliver an 80% solution provides the best value to the user and the greatest return to the manufacturer. It is also shown how this analysis can be used to develop a proposal strategy based on a price to win.

分析了飞机性能，数量和时间表对飞机成本的影响，以便创建一种做出关于飞机优化的明智决策的方法。运营分析和参数成本核算用于比较飞机性能提高的运营价值和飞机性能提高的成本。除了直接的性能成本外，该分析还包括由于单位成本增加而导致交付的飞机数量减少而给制造商和用户带来的隐性成本。结果表明，加快交付速度以提供80％解决方案的产品开发为用户提供了最佳价值，并为制造商带来了最大的回报。还显示了如何使用此分析来基于获胜价格制定提议策略。