You know that discussion with your supplier about pricing you’ve been meaning to have? It’s time. In fact, it’s past time. Cost reductions won’t happen on their own. Conducting a spend analysis leveraging should

Even best-in-class manufacturing companies can miss their cost targets when launching new products.

Adopt a Carrier Group Battle Strategy for Product Cost Management I was recently watching a classic WWII movie about the Battle of Midway.

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Introduction Over the past few months, aPriori has had the privilege of working with Stan Przybylinski, Vice President of Research at CIMdata, to document the current state of the product cost management software market.