• The aPriori Baseline VPEs assume that only a single part is forged at one time. This affects part cycle times and costs, as well as tooling costs.

• Tooling costs are computed for Hammer, Piercing Press, and Trim Press processes.

• By default, for each forging process, aPriori selects lowest-cost machine with the capability or capacity for the part(s) being manufactured. For example, it will select the lowest cost Hammer with sufficient impact energy to forge the part).

• If machining processes are included as secondary processes on forged components, then the machining costs are computed via the Machining cost model and combined with the Forging process costs to produce a total manufacturing process cost.