Customers and Industries Using aPriori

 Forward-thinking organizations across a number of manufacturing industries rely on aPriori to generate cost savings in sourcing, engineering and manufacturing. aPriori is designed for industries that manufacture products with significant costs derived from mechanical content.

 
Representative Customers Using aPriori

• Agricultural Equipment / Heavy Equipment / Industrial Equipment
  Meeting target costs at product launch traditionally has been a challenge for companies in the agricultural / heavy / industrial equipment industries as they lack access to accurate cost data early in the development process. aPriori’s real-time “should cost” assessments make cost data available sooner, making cost targets more achievable. With the increase in parts outsourced to suppliers, sourcing professionals can use aPriori’s “should cost” details to make sure they never overpay suppliers for their parts.
  
• Automotive / Transportation / Recreational Vehicles
  aPriori’s ability to cost metal and plastic parts, welded assemblies and more helps OEMs and suppliers get better control over their part and product costs. With Cost of Goods sold usually between 75 and 90 percent of revenue, companies in these markets are extremely cost sensitive. Using aPriori to reduce product costs even by a small percentage yields exponential results to profit margin.
  
• Durable Goods / Appliances
  Companies that make products with a high concentration of metal and plastic parts – including refrigerators, ovens, air conditioners, motors, generators, and other large and small appliances and durable goods – can take advantage of aPriori’s real-time cost information to keep prices low in highly competitive markets.
  
• High Technology / Medical Devices
  With medium to high production volumes, the mechanical spend for high tech and medical devices can be significant. By supporting stage tooling, progressive die and injection molding plastic processes, aPriori can help cost-reduce new and existing parts for companies that produce medical devices; semiconductor manufacturing equipment; communications equipment; instruments and control equipment; laboratory equipment; and other high tech products.