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aPriori Enterprise Cost Management Platform by aPriori :: Last updated on October 31, 2007

The aPriori Enterprise Cost Management Platform is the first software solution to provide discrete manufacturers and product companies with real-time, predictive and precise product cost assessments throughout the entire development and production process. aPriori's revolutionary cost management capabilities empower organizations to identify quantifiable savings in material, tooling, labor and overhead while evaluating alternative designs, processes and sources. By generating cost assessments early in the product development process, aPriori customers drive significant costs out of their products prior to production, reducing cost of goods sold (COGS) by whole percentage points and improving the overall financial results of the company.

Key Features

• Real-time -- aPriori provides True-Cost Convergence, real-time product cost feedback from the earliest stages of product design through manufacturing, planning, sourcing and delivery.
• Predictive -- All stakeholders in the product development and production delivery process have continuous access to real-time cost information and the ability to perform "what-if" cost trade-offs at the component, assembly or product level.
• Precise -- aPriori automatically identifies the lowest-cost production method from a defined set of baseline, customer-specific or global supplier facilities. Rigorous, physics-based process models for common manufacturing processes -- including sheet metal fabrication, stage tooling, welded assemblies, injection molding, 3-axis machining, turning, die casting and sand casting -- allow manufacturing and purchasing professionals to explore cost-saving production alternatives down to the machine level.

Contact Information

Core Capabilities

• Financials
• Cost Accounting & Management

Industries

• Aerospace and Defense
• Automotive OEM
• Automotive Supplier
• Electrical Equipment
• Electronics and Semiconductors
• Industrial Manufacturing
• Industrial/Heavy Equipment and Machinery
• Instruments and Controls
• Medical Devices
• Metals - Fabrication and Assembly
• Metals - Primary (Mills, Foundries)
• Mills Product
• Miscellaneous Manufacturing
• Plastics and Rubber Products

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Target Business Size(s)

• Large (1000+ employees)
• Mid-Size (100-999 employees)