1. A system for generating predicted product values of a product manufactured by a machine having a plurality of actuators and a plurality of mechanical elements, the machine being controlled by programmable logic control code, the system comprising: an emulator module comprising emulator computer readable program code embodied on a computer readable medium, the emulator computer readable program code configured to: prepare for display a graphical user interface comprising a plurality of input fields corresponding to the plurality of actuators and the plurality of mechanical elements, and a graphical representation of output response data of the machine using parameters; receive a plurality of parameters into the plurality of input fields, wherein the plurality of parameters are associated with the plurality of actuators and the plurality of mechanical elements; and, emulate a mechanical operation of the machine using the plurality of parameters inputted into the plurality of input fields by simulating the programmable logic control code, and generate the output response data based on the emulation of the mechanical operation of the machine; and a product model comprising product model computer readable program code embodied on the computer readable medium or a second computer readable medium, the product model computer readable program code configured to: calculate one or more predicted product values based at least in part on the output response data provided to the product model; and, prepare for display the one or more predicted product values.