Manufacturing Insights Platform | aPriori

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Drive profitable transformation across product development and your supply chain

A unique data-driven software platform to…

Win More Profitable New Business Opportunities
Launch NPD Projects On Time & Under Cost
Increase Margin on Existing Products

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Should Cost Analysis • Design for Manufacturability • Carbon Reduction

What Makes Us Faster & Drives Transformation?

Digital Manufacturing Solutions Driving Innovation & Improving Profitability

aPriori is helping design and manufacturing teams around the globe create the products of the future. Get actionable insights to improve manufacturability at every stage of your product lifecycle. Simply upload your CAD files into aP Pro and our digital factories will run a detailed simulation of the manufacturing process in a fraction of the time it takes with manual calculation methods.

Digital Factories. Real-World Results

A digital factory is a virtual representation of a specific physical factory that enables product teams to simulate production. By using the digital factory to test product designs and manufacturing processes, companies gain insights to increase product profitability, manufacturability, and sustainability. And manufacturers unlock access to valuable new design, sourcing, and planning capabilities with real-time manufacturing insights.

Sync Teams & Data for Better Products

Siloed teams and scattered data can lead to delays, added costs, and late-stage engineering changes. aP Workspace solves this by bringing design and manufacturing teams together in a single, collaborative environment. It unifies product data and enables real-time communication around cost, manufacturability, and sustainability. Users can manage tasks, tag teammates, track progress, and maintain full traceability—all in one streamlined workspace.

(We) Entirely rely on aPriori.
We could not do our job without this software.
If it turned off for a day, we would be at a huge loss.

— Federal Team, Global Aircraft Engine and Avionics Manufacturer

20-25%

BOM cost reduction of R1 model

Be Ready to Challenge the Status Quo

Design Engineers to quickly review design changes cost & DFM impact

Category Managers & Buyers to create should costs faster to negotiate better with suppliers

Cost/Value Engineers to find new and actionable cost reduction ideas quickly

Estimators to respond to RFQs faster and increase confidence in quoted costs

MFG Engineers to reduce cycle time and find new manufacturing processes

Learn More About Our Customers’ Success

HARBEC: Automate RFQs

No more reliance on spreadsheets after HARBEC brought in aPriori.

EATON: 87% Product Design Time Reduced

Eaton reduces their product design time by 87% with AI and aPriori

Dana: $4M Saved in First Year

Dana Realized 4% Savings on $100M DFM Spend with aPriori in the First Year

TE Connectivity: Captures Savings

TE Connectivity uses aPriori cost analysis to improve bottom-line outcomes.

Nikola: Found Top Cost Drivers

With aPriori, Nikola identified its top-10 cost drivers in injection molding.

Carrier: $21M in Value

Carrier used manufacturing simulation to shave cost from components.

Alstom: 40% Savings On Supplier Costs

Alstom reduced supply chain quotes to zero using aPriori digital factories.

Signify: Digitize Procurement Process

Signify automated should cost analysis to drive savings.

Flex: 3 days -> 30 sec

Flex now generates BOMs in seconds rather than days.

AGCO: Streamline DFM

Manufacturing simulation standardized manufacturability for AGCO.

Thompson Aero: 40% Savings

Automated bulk-cost analysis uncovered outliers early.

Harman: Supplier Cost Transparency

Harman got to true cost transparency in supplier negotiations.

Spirit AeroSystems: RFQs + DFM

Spirit sped up RFQs while providing value-added DFM insights.

KONE: - 75% Lead Times

Lead times decreased by 75% when KONE used aPriori.

CNH Industrial: $312K in 2 Months

Annual savings identified proved quick ROI.

Woodward: Labor Shortage Fixed

Digital Factories help economize on labor.

axcelis: Value Engineering

Product costing software streamlined value engineering for axcelis.

GE Aerospace: Virtuous Cycle

"Learn, do, learn" is make possible with aPriori.

Danfoss: Improved DoE

Design of experiments (DoE) analysis improved with aPriori.

RAFAEL: Hit DTC Goals

50% parts cost savings using aPriori.

LiuGong: Cut 40% of Production Costs

LiuGong cuts production costs by 40% with aPriori should costing

JABIL: Target Costing

Identify material and geometry issues that drive up product costs.

Learn more about our customers' success with aPriori

Unlock the Value in Your Digital Twins for Profitable & Sustainable Products

PROFITABILITY

Eliminate cost drivers early and often in the product development process.

MANUFACTURABILITY

Identify and eliminate manufacturability issues before they reach the sourcing, supply chain, or manufacturing teams.

SUSTAINABILITY

Calculates the carbon footprint of products in the pipeline.

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