For teams assessing how to deploy AI across global product development organizations

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Capture and scale engineering knowledge

Just in time lessons learned

See how CoLab captures expert knowledge via virtual design reviews, then activates that expertise with AI agents.

We're helping the world's leading manufacturers accelerate product development with AI.

Hit ambitious cost targets with fewer in-person events

Host virtual or hybrid VA/VE events with CoLab. Capture ideas, quantify savings, and move the best proposals to implementation.

  • 30% shorter lead times

  • 8 figures annual cost savings

  • 15% COPQ improvement

  • 4X faster supplier reviews

  • $3M savings in one VA event

Bring every site into your VA/VE events

Running VA/VE programs across multiple locations is slow and expensive. CoLab brings global teams together around the same 3D models and design data. Everyone can interrogate the CAD, leave feedback, and share ideas in context during a live session or on their own time.

Capture cost down ideas with full product context

When ideas live on sticky notes or slides, critical details get lost. CoLab ties every idea directly to the design and saves who said it and what part it applies to. Engineers can revisit any comment and see exactly what it refers to, helping teams prioritize the highest value ideas.

Quantify savings and focus on the right proposals

It’s hard to know which ideas are worth the effort. Engineers can tag proposals with cost‑per‑unit, production volume, one‑time costs, risk, and priority. CoLab calculates projected annual savings automatically and ranks ideas by value, so teams know where to focus next.

Turn past ideas into future VA/VE savings

Most VA/VE events start from scratch. Meaning lessons learned from past projects rarely make it to the next one. CoLab’s AI-powered Lessons Learned feature surfaces relevant cost reduction ideas from earlier projects so you can reuse proven ideas and avoid repeating work.

"It makes it easy to understand why design decisions were made and go back and reference that information. Everything’s in one place—and it makes everything easy to document."

Lewis Bragdon
R&D Business Analyst, Schaeffler

Generate more cost reduction ideas in half the time

See how your team can go from spending thousands on travel to saving hundreds of thousands in generating more quality ideas.

Teams who use CoLab to run VA/VE events:

  • Generate more cost down ideas
  • Execute the cost down ideas that provide the highest value
  • Involve more people in the VA/VE process

Schedule a custom VA/VE demo with CoLab to see how your team can move from disconnected workflows to one platform for cost down events.