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by Jeff Moad, MA Editorial Staff Posted on Tuesday, December 04, 2007 4:40:00 PM Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox    | Abstract: | In separate software releases that attack two key elements of the product design process — cost and quality — SigmaQuest and aPriori give manufacturers new capabilities. |
| Keywords: | Product quality analysis, product cost analysis |
Two small software vendors this week released business intelligence product upgrades that will allow manufacturers to more accurately and rapidly assess the cost and quality of their products. SigmaQuest Inc., a provider of on-demand product quality analysis tools, released version 6.1 of its flagship SigmaSure product, which adds several new features, including support for identifying potentially costly, low-quality "maverick" products before they are shipped. At the same time, aPriori, a provider of cost management analysis software, delivered version 5.5 of its self-named tool, which, among other things, allows manufacturers to compute the cost of a single component manufactured in multiple internal or supplier plants. [Click to continue] |
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