Tset

Core Features

Tset frames Cost & Carbon around bottom-up (activity-based) estimation: users build up results from manufacturing steps and inputs (rather than relying on spend-only proxies), then use the same structured logic to explore cost and CO₂ trade-offs across product phases. It can also analyze and optimize costs and CO₂ emissions in Scope 1–3 (upstream), supporting use cases from early concept through production decisions. Some of its main features are:

• Open API connectivity: An open API is positioned for connecting Tset with ERP, PLM and other systems, including via the master data service API.

• Flexible inputs: Inputs can include 3D models, BOMs, templates, shape libraries, or manual entry; some modules support 3D files and a built-in viewer.

• Centralized master data: Tset describes a structured “source of truth” for material, machine, process and CO₂ data, with a basic CO₂ dataset included and add-on data packages available.

• Editable calculation logic: Users can edit formulas and parameters, and Tset also describes optional paid services to incorporate client-specific formulas/shapes into modules.

• Scenario modeling: Tset highlights modeling scenarios using plant-specific rates, markups, and process variants to compare options.

• Manufacturing-tech modules: The platform is presented as simulating “real production processes” with 50+ modules; Tset also describes detailed cost breakdowns driven by bills of materials and bills of process steps.

Closing Insights

Tset traces its origins to 2018, when Andreas Tsetinis and Sasan Hashemi founded the company in Vienna. Tset's platform originated from a clear industry need: the disconnect between product design decisions and their subsequent financial and environmental consequences. Traditionally, cost and sustainability were siloed, retrospective calculations. Tset was built to bridge this gap, providing a tool that allows cost engineers (the technical experts who understand manufacturing intricacies) to model and communicate these impacts upfront. Its distinguishing factor is this intentional dual focus, treating product cost and carbon footprint not as separate reports but as two interrelated outcomes of the same design and sourcing choices, calculated from a unified data model.

For potential users considering Tset, the platform presents a pragmatic solution for integrating sustainability into core business operations. It moves carbon management from a compliance exercise to a lever for value creation, directly tied to product cost. While exact pricing is customized based on the use case and scope, Tset’s value proposition is its ability to provide a rapid return on investment through improved sourcing outcomes, avoided cost overruns, and more sustainable design choices. The available expert advisory services lower the barrier to effective implementation. A closing demonstration can be tailored to specific challenges, from early design to supplier quoting, allowing teams to see how the software adapts to their unique workflow.