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Part I: Is Your AI Strategic Sourcing Just a More Expensive Spreadsheet?

Generic AI just moves procurement’s old maintenance burden from spreadsheets into prompts, without reliably delivering real cost savings

Automated Should Cost: Achieve Product Development Speed & Cost Targets

Automated 3D-CAD should-cost analysis speeds decisions, improves cost targets, and helps teams launch products faster without margin trade-offs.

How Zero RFQ Supercharges Strategic Sourcing and Speeds Time to Market

Ditch slow RFQs: Zero RFQ uses digital factory models for instant, supplier-aligned quotes, cutting lead times and costs.

From Collaboration to Confidence: How Engineering Teams Design Smarter and Faster with Insight

Break the collaboration ceiling: embed real-time manufacturability, cost, and sustainability insight during design so engineers launch faster, with less rework.

The Missing Pulse: Reviving Your PLM from Flatline to Lifeline

Revive flatlining PLM with real-time manufacturability, cost, and sustainability insights—cut rework, speed launches, and protect margins.

Using Digital Twins & Supply Chain Automation to Drive Decision Intelligence

Digital twins and automation help procurement teams cut RFQ delays, manage risk, collaborate faster, and speed time to market.

6 Metrics That Will Help Improve Your Engineering Productivity

Six engineering metrics to boost manufacturing productivity: compare sustaining costs to revenue, and R&D spend to customer value.

aPriori Fall ’24 Cloud Release Update

Explore aPriori Fall 2024 cloud release: faster scenarios, richer CO2e reporting, smarter CAD tolerance extraction, expanded regional cost data.

Cash Flow Problems? Your Cost Professional Is Key To Creating A Cost-Conscious Culture

Expand manufacturing cash flow by embedding cost driven KPIs within design, sourcing, quoting, and automation using digital data-driven tools.

Automate Bottom-Up Costing with 3D CAD to Boost Engineering Efficiency and Speed

Combine top-down targets with CAD-driven bottom-up costing to estimate faster, cut redesigns, and hit launch costs.

Supply Chain Management in the Age of AI: Unlocking Value at Scale

AI transforms supply chains: fix dirty data, connect systems, and automate sourcing insights for faster, resilient decisions.

aPriori Summer ’24 Cloud Release Update

Summer 2024 aPriori cloud release adds CAD-less costing, Windchill automation, richer CO2e analysis, and faster machining/draw-direction insights.