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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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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.

Strategically Sourcing Materials Is Possible with Tech-Driven Solutions

Supply chain disruptions push manufacturers toward analytics and AI; digital tools like aPriori boost agility, cut costs, speed launches.

Transform Product Design Review Meetings Into Fast Design Validations

Accelerate product launches by fixing design review bottlenecks with aPriori’s early cost, carbon, and manufacturability validation.

Optimize Your Strategic Sourcing: Our New Report Shows You How

Data-driven sourcing is the new currency—read our report for AI strategies to reduce risk, cut costs, and accelerate quotes.

10 Ways aPriori Supports Top Strategic Procurement and Sourcing Priorities for 2024

Match your procurement priorities with should-cost estimates and scenario analysis to cut spend, secure supply, and negotiate better.

Directional & High-Fidelity Cost Models = Accurate Product Cost Estimates

Close the gap between should cost and true product cost with digital manufacturing simulation, directional models, and high-fidelity insights.

How to Use Supply Chain Collaboration to Minimize Disruption

Boost supply chain resilience by collaborating digitally with key suppliers—speed RFQs, improve forecasts, and negotiate with data-driven clarity.

Retool the Auto Manufacturing Process to Save Time & Money: 5 Strategies

Automakers use digital manufacturing process models to simulate routings early, cutting cost, boosting manufacturability, sustainability, resilience, and launch speed.

5 Ways Manufacturers Can Fix Strategic Sourcing & Drive Value

Break procurement silos: digitize quoting, collaboration, and zero-RFQ to turn supplier relationships into strategic, resilient advantage.

13 Must-Read Manufacturing Sourcing & Procurement Posts of 2023

Top 2023 supply chain posts: Zero RFQ, digital thread, data consistency, sustainability, nearshoring, and insights to cut costs.

2024 Manufacturing Outlook for Sourcing & Supply Chain Resiliency

Navigate 2024 supply chain volatility with digitalization, AI-ready data, reshoring, automation, incentives, and green sourcing.

How Manufacturing Process Innovation Links Cost and Procurement

Bridge cost engineering and procurement with digital manufacturing insights to secure fair pricing, stronger suppliers, and faster innovation.