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What’s New in aP Design – December 2024

aP Design’s refreshed UX speeds scenarios, previews, and analysis, simplifying onboarding and boosting early cost, manufacturability, and carbon insights.

Stop Leaving Money on the Table: Why Your Current Quoting Process Isn’t Working

Stop margin-killing quotes: Digital quoting automates cost breakdowns, flags outliers, speeds RFQs, and boosts win rates.

Alleviate Extreme Pressure: Manufacturing Simulation for Design Engineers

Manufacturing simulation empowers engineers to catch manufacturability issues early, cut iterations, costs, carbon, and supply-chain risk—faster launches.

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.

How to Conduct a Spend Analysis: Methodology in Detail

Seven-step spend analysis helps manufacturers spot cost outliers, prioritize high-spend parts, negotiate suppliers, redesign components, and verify savings.

Increase Revenue with Faster Make vs Buy Analysis

AI-driven make-vs-buy analysis from 3D CAD speeds quoting, protects margins, and helps manufacturers win more RFQs.

Cash Flow Problems? Your Cost Professional Is Key To Creating A Cost-Conscious Culture

Expand manufacturing cash flow by embedding cost driven KPIs within design, sourcing, quoting, and automation using digital data-driven tools.

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.

Drive Revenue and Grow Your Business with Cost Estimating Automation

Automated cost estimating frees cash, speeds RFQs, improves negotiations with the buyer, and boosts margins—helping manufacturers innovate and grow.

5 Ways a Top Medical Device Company Optimizes PCB Electronics Manufacturing with aPriori

Medical device leader used aPriori to optimize PCB manufacturing, gain supplier leverage, bridge skills gaps, and earn 25x ROI.

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.