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Articles by Rick Burke
Rick Burke serves as the Vice President of Marketing at aPriori Technologies. He brings to aPriori 24 years of experience working with high-growth software technology companies such as Oracle’s Agile PLM Business, where he co-led the development of a highly successful global market development program.
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3 Strategies for Electrification Product Development

Industrial electrification is accelerating; learn benefits, TCO drivers, and three product-development strategies to innovate with battery-powered designs.

Three Ways to Build a Better Supply Chain with Manufacturing Simulation

Digital factories use CAD-based simulation to cut supply chain cost and risk via planning, supplier efficiency, and faster quoting.

Two Innovative Strategies to Mitigate The Supply Chain Crisis

Supply chain chaos highlights need for resilient design: use DFM and digital simulation to diversify suppliers and cut costs.

Will It Be More Or Less Cost Effective To Additively Manufacture That Part?

Compare additive vs casting for actuator housing using digital simulation; learn volume breakpoints and cost drivers in under two hours.

Best Practices for Maximizing the Impact of DFM and DTC

Learn how digital manufacturing simulations enable real-time DFM/DTC insights, cutting costs, improving manufacturability, and prioritizing redesign opportunities.

How to Reduce Time to Market for NPI with Digital Manufacturing Simulation

Cut NPI time-to-market with digital manufacturing simulation: early-stage costing, real-time updates, and automated DFM across product lifecycles.

3 Ways the Pandemic is Driving Digital Transformation in Manufacturing

Survey reveals manufacturing’s digital gap post-COVID: most lack digital tech, NPI shifting, and costing consistency rising—time to transform.

Designing for Manufacturability is a Game Changer

CNH Industrial’s case study shows DFM software boosting collaboration, cutting ECOs, and delivering early cost feedback to reduce manufacturing costs.

How to Overcome the 3 Major Pitfalls in Responding to Supplier RFQs

Stop RFQ panic: learn three quoting pitfalls and how automation speeds responses, ensures consistency, and reduces costly errors.