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Articles by April Guenet
April Guenet is an aPriori Product Marketing Manager for global sourcing and supply chain solutions. April applies customer and manufacturing insights to provide differentiated sourcing solutions that foster collaboration, accelerate procurement, and reduce costs.
April Guenet

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Does Your Sourcing Solution Align with Your Procurement KPI Strategy? 4 Critical Areas to Examine & Align

Align procurement KPIs with business goals using aPriori should-cost intelligence to boost value, forecast accuracy, and cost avoidance.

Budgeting for 2026: A Step-by-Step Guide to Smarter Supply Chain Forecasting with aPriori

Budget faster: aPriori unifies spend analysis, should-cost forecasting, and action planning—automating data prep for decision making in hours.

Adapt, Quote, Win: Strengthening Supply Chain Resilience in a Shifting Global Landscape

Tariff-driven volatility demands resilient suppliers: use automation and predictive analytics to quote faster, plan capacity, and protect margins.

Navigating Tariffs: Our Guide Helps Manufacturers Break Through Trade Barriers & Mitigate Risks

Tariffs are unpredictable—this guide offers short-, near- and long-term strategies plus data-driven scenario planning to protect manufacturing profits.

Why Engineers Should Care More About Product Costs

Learn why engineers overlook costs—and how real-time manufacturing simulation data helps cut spend, justify decisions, and speed launches.

Is Your Should Cost Model Truly Data-Driven Or Just An Educated Guess?

Ditch three-bids-and-a-buy: CAD-driven should-cost modeling reveals true part costs, accelerates RFQs, and strengthens supplier negotiations.

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.

Navigating 2025 Manufacturing Tariffs: Strategic Sourcing Made Simple

Your Tariff Mitigation Plan: aPriori’s AI-driven sourcing insights model impacts and optimize relocation, material spend, and negotiations.

Checklist: What to Look for in Cost Estimation Methods

Compare aPriori, other tools, and Excel to accelerate RFQ cost estimates, reduce quoting risk, and win profitable business.

Stop Leaving Money on the Table: Why Your Current Quoting Process Isn’t Working

Stop margin-killing quotes: Digital quoting automates cost breakdowns, flags outliers, speeds RFQs, and boosts win rates.

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.

Drive Revenue and Grow Your Business with Cost Estimating Automation

Automated cost estimating frees cash, speeds RFQs, improves negotiations with the buyer, and boosts margins—helping manufacturers innovate and grow.