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Articles by Mark Rushton

Mark Rushton is an aPriori Senior Product Marketing Manager. With an engineering design background, Mark is focused on improving the product development process including research and strategy, positioning and messaging, product launch and go-to-market strategy, and sales and marketing enablement.

Mark Rushton

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Understanding the Hidden Cost of Carbon Emissions

Navigate carbon taxes, CBAM, and ESG reporting by integrating sustainability into design and manufacturing with real-time CO2e insights.

Top-5 Design Engineering Blogs of 2022

Revisit 2022’s top design engineering posts: sustainable design metrics, early cost feedback, risk reduction, and DFM guidance for 2023.

5 Sustainable Design Engineering Takeaways from the Manufacturing Insights Conference

Five 2022 conference takeaways show how early design insights cut cost and CO2e through holistic, material-smart manufacturing decisions.

3 Manufacturing Insights Features that Enable Effective Sustainability Management

Choose sustainability management software that delivers fast, precise carbon insights from CAD, balancing transparency, manufacturability, and profitability.

Debunking Sustainability Practice Myths

Debunk sustainability myths in manufacturing and see how aPriori’s insights cut CO2, waste, and costs through smarter design and sourcing.

3 Essentials for Design for Sustainability

Master design for sustainability: lightweighting, efficient manufacturing, and end-of-life planning—using insights to cut CO2 and costs.

Striking a Balance Between Green Design and Cost Efficiency

Balance green design and costs using should-carbon manufacturing insights to compare materials, processes, and locations for profitable sustainability.

Manufacturers: Are you Prepared for EU Taxonomy Sustainability Reporting Requirements?

Prepare for EU Taxonomy and CSRD: set carbon baselines, gather CO2e data, and balance cost, sustainability, manufacturability.

How Designers Can Quantify Additive Manufacturing Benefits

Discover additive manufacturing’s ROI: how design engineers quantify 3D printing investments through cost, performance, supply-chain and growth benefits.

Optimize Design Engineering with Workflow Integration of CAD

Learn how CAD and PLM integration with manufacturing simulation creates smart workflows, delivering instant DFM, cost, and sustainability feedback.

How Target Costing Can Be Accelerated by Design Engineers

Learn how design engineers use manufacturing simulation to hit target costs, cut risk, and boost profitability early.

4 Steps to Reducing Manufacturing Risk for Design Engineers

Learn how design engineers use manufacturing simulation to cut supply chain, inflation, and labor risks—fast.