<s>
Costimator	B-Application
is	O
an	O
American	O
series	O
of	O
cost	O
estimating	O
software	O
developed	O
by	O
Thomas	O
Charkiewicz	O
in	O
1982	O
and	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
model	O
manufacturing	O
costs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Costimator	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Thomas	O
Charkiewicz	O
,	O
a	O
former	O
machinist	O
and	O
manufacturing	O
manager	O
who	O
studied	O
computer-aided	O
manufacturing	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Massachusetts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Costimator	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
late	O
1982	O
,	O
designed	O
to	O
model	O
manufacturing	O
costs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
IBM	O
bought	O
Costimator	B-Application
OEM	O
from	O
MTI	O
Systems	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Costimator	B-Application
had	O
its	O
roots	O
in	O
the	O
machining	O
industry	O
,	O
but	O
later	O
branched	O
out	O
to	O
include	O
several	O
other	O
manufacturing	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
John	O
Kagan	O
,	O
the	O
former	O
manager	O
of	O
PC	O
Cost	O
Management	O
at	O
IBM	O
and	O
Lenovo	O
estimated	O
that	O
between	O
2003	O
and	O
2004	O
,	O
IBM	O
saved	O
more	O
than	O
$10	O
million	O
using	O
Costimator	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Costimator	B-Application
also	O
includes	O
a	O
function	O
known	O
as	O
IQ	O
builder	O
which	O
customers	O
can	O
use	O
to	O
model	O
their	O
own	O
manufacturing	O
process	O
based	O
on	O
historical	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
MTI	O
Systems	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
reached	O
an	O
agreement	O
with	O
European	O
distributor	O
Premier	O
Manufacturing	O
Solutions	O
,	O
LTD	O
(	O
Stockport	O
,	O
UK	O
)	O
to	O
market	O
its	O
flagship	O
products	O
Costimator	B-Application
OEM	O
and	O
Costimator	B-Application
JS	O
to	O
companies	O
throughout	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
