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Part I: Is Your AI Strategic Sourcing Just a More Expensive Spreadsheet?

Generic AI just moves procurement’s old maintenance burden from spreadsheets into prompts, without reliably delivering real cost savings

Automated Should Cost: Achieve Product Development Speed & Cost Targets

Automated 3D-CAD should-cost analysis speeds decisions, improves cost targets, and helps teams launch products faster without margin trade-offs.

The Missing Pulse: Reviving Your PLM from Flatline to Lifeline

Revive flatlining PLM with real-time manufacturability, cost, and sustainability insights—cut rework, speed launches, and protect margins.

6 Metrics That Will Help Improve Your Engineering Productivity

Six engineering metrics to boost manufacturing productivity: compare sustaining costs to revenue, and R&D spend to customer value.

Automate Bottom-Up Costing with 3D CAD to Boost Engineering Efficiency and Speed

Combine top-down targets with CAD-driven bottom-up costing to estimate faster, cut redesigns, and hit launch costs.

How to Overcome Technical Debt and Drive Process Optimization

Uncover technical debt’s hidden costs and learn four digital transformation strategies to eliminate silos, boost productivity, and innovate faster.

aPriori Announces its Fifth Manufacturing Insights Patent

New aPriori patent automates bulk and matrix costing, delivering rapid DFM/DTC insights to cut costs across many parts.

Carrier Streamlines Supplier Management With Digitalization

Carrier digitized should-costing with aPriori, uncovering $21M savings, streamlining suppliers, and targeting zero-RFQ plus 2030 goals.

aPriori 2023 R1: What’s New Webinar Highlights Process Innovation Enhancements

Webinar previews aPriori 2023 R1 upgrades: Sustainability Insights, cloud aP Workspace collaboration, modeling and assembly enhancements for profitable, low-carbon manufacturing.

How Signify Captures Savings With Automated Should Costing

Signify uses aPriori automation for rapid should-cost analysis, enabling smarter supplier negotiations, savings, and sustainable procurement.

Achieve Faster Time to Market by Improving Cost Engineering

Automated cost engineering and simulation-driven insights help teams design-to-cost, avoid late ECOs, and launch faster.