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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.

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.

What to Look for in Manufacturing Costing Software

CAD-driven costing software reveals true manufacturing costs early, balancing cost, manufacturability, and sustainability.

Product Engineering: The Road to Achieving a $25K Electric Vehicle

EV sales rise, but affordability lags; use aPriori’s AI design and sourcing insights to hit the $25K EV target.

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.

How AI Tools Cut Product Development Costs and Time to Market

Learn how AI and GenAI, powered by high-quality data, accelerate product design, cut cost and carbon, and boost profits.

Decoding Design Buzzwords: Agile, Holistic, and Shift Left in Manufacturing

Agile, holistic, and shift-left methods speed hardware development; aPriori adds early cost, carbon, and manufacturability insights to remove bottlenecks.

Design Engineers: What You Don’t Know About Simulation Software Can Hurt You

Manufacturing simulation helps design teams balance cost, manufacturability, and sustainability early—cutting iterations, ECOs, waste, emissions, and time-to-market.

Optimize Time Spent in Design to Boost New Product Introduction

Early design delays derail NPI; aPriori’s real-time cost and manufacturability insights reduce iterations, cut ECOs, and speed launch.

How to Use Gen AI to Accelerate Product Design from Months to Minutes

Learn how manufacturers use Gen AI plus simulated cost/DFM data to innovate faster—Eaton cuts design time 87%.

4 Proven Ways to Shift from Cost Reduction to Value Creation in Manufacturing

Holistic cost culture shifts left, unites teams, and weighs risk and carbon to boost margins and speed launches.