



WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND
MAKING PROFITABILITY & SUSTAINABILITY A REALITY FOR A BETTER WORLD
Learn how aPriori’s customers are using manufacturing insights technology to improve profitability, deliver innovative new products to market as efficiently as possible, and calculate and reduce carbon emissions from their manufacturing operations. Hear from global manufacturing powerhouses like Scania, Spirit AeroSystems, Carrier, Signify, and more. The event is designed to meet the specific needs of designers and engineers, cost engineers, sourcing specialists, and manufacturers who are struggling with inflation, accelerating cash flow, and managing new sustainability regulations.
Registration includes all access to an immersive, 2-day Manufacturing Insights experience.
Designing for Manufacturability
Product Sustainability
Supply Chain Collaboration
Case Study & Keynote Announcements

Design "In" Manufacturability with aPriori
The more an engineer knows about the manufacturability and cost of their new designs, the better they can “design in” manufacturability. aPriori provides AGCO's design engineers the details they need such as key cost attributes when they are actively designing the part.

Digital Business Transformation Through aPriori
In homes, in buildings and across the cold chain, customers around the world count on Carrier for innovative solutions to meet the most essential needs with their heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration, and fire and security equipment. Carrier will share how they have digitized their cost engineering process with aPriori and their plans to maximize the effectiveness of manufacturing insights across business units.

Should Cost: aPriori & Signify
Signify, the number one leader in connected, LED, and conventional lighting, will discuss the transformation and automation of should costing with aPriori within Signify's procurement and R&D teams.
TICKET PRICES
$595
Early Bird Discount
Early bird discount expires Sep 15, 2022
$695
aPriori Customers
Regular Conference Price For aPriori Customers
$795
General Public
Regular Conference Price For Non aPriori Customers
LOCATION
Boston Marriott Long Wharf
296 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts, USA 02109
+1 617-227-0800
2022 CONFERENCE AGENDA
8:30AM - 12:00PM
Intro to Cost Insight Design | Pre-Conference Training
During this introductory course focused on the design engineer, students will see and then perform labs on core aPriori concepts, loading and costing parts, assemblies, and collaboration to become proficient in the core abilities, capabilities, and user interface of Cost Insight Design. This course is an additional fee and is not included in the conference registration.
Beacon Faneuil
1:00PM - 5:00PM
Design for Manufacturability and Cost in aP Profesional | Pre-Conference Training
During this course, participants will learn the fundamental principles behind Design for Manufacturability and Cost (DFMC) and the recommended workflows for various process groups. This course is an additional fee and is not included in the conference registration.
Beacon Faneuil
6:00pm - 10:00pm
Welcome Cocktail Reception & Registration
Harbor View Ballroom
7:30am - 8:30am
Coffee & Breakfast
Palm Garden
8:30am - 8:45am
Kickoff Address & Agenda Review
Philippe Adam, aPriori Chief Marketing Officer
|Salons A-L
8:45am - 9:15am
Making Profitability & Sustainability a Reality for a Better World
Is it possible to implement a strategy for Sustainable Manufacturing and still deliver profitable products to market? aPriori lets you optimize both at the same time. Learn more in this keynote session from aPriori's President and CEO.
Stephanie Feraday, aPriori President & CEO
|Salons A-L
9:20am - 9:45am
Case Study: Business Transformation through aPriori
aPriori offers many different software solutions to address key business challenges; however, there are not many companies that know how to pull them all together to gain maximum efficiency. Through this presentation we will touch on each and how Carrier has digitized the cost engineering process and will continue to maximize the effectiveness of aPriori across business units.
Tristan Abend, Carrier Corporation, Manager, Value Engineering
|Salons A-L
9:50am - 10:30am
Fireside Chat: Strategies for Overcoming Challenges with Today's Supply Chains
Join us for this fireside chat between aPriori President & CEO, Stephanie Feraday, and Rob Lidster, former Chief Procurement Officer of GE Appliances, as they discuss strategies to address lingering supply chain issues.
Rob Lidster, former CPO, GE Appliances; aPriori President and CEO, Stephanie Feraday
|Salons A-L
10:30am - 11:15am
Morning Coffee & Networking Break w/Technology Showcase
For those of you that love new technology, enjoy a cup of coffee, network with your peers and watch product demos of aPriori's latest and greatest technology innovations.
Ballroom Lobby
11:15am - 12:00pm
Interactive Skit: The Power of Teamwork
This group presentation and live demo of aPriori will focus on how to improve productivity and get your optimized products to market faster when your entire product team works together on a single cloud-based platform.
Team aPriori: James Ferguson, Cormac Eastwood, Barton Phinney, Gibson Peters, and Chris Jeznach
|Salons A-L
12:00pm - 12:25pm
Case Study: How Digitalization Helps Us Address the Labor Shortage
The US Machining Labor market is tightening due to labor availability. 75% of machinists in the US are over 45 years of age, and there is no easy solution to mitigate this challenge (Gartner). Woodward is working on this challenge in several ways. Join this presentation to learn how.
Chris Platz, Woodward, Global Commodity/Category Manager
|Salons A-L
12:30pm - 1:15pm
Lunch Break
Palm Garden
5 Tracks
Scroll to the right for additional tracks
4:45pm - 5:15pm
Caresoft Case Study: Using Benchmarking to Gain a Competitive Edge
In today’s competitive market, any minor competitive edge is a major advantage. Caresoft’s technology and expertise for Benchmarking and Cost Reduction Interventions can be that competitive edge. See how Caresoft applies their award-winning benchmarking method to drive actionable results. Their unique DeltaCosting™ methodology and framework, utilizing aPriori where applicable, is transforming competitive benchmarking from weight-driven to cost-driven analytics to provide competitive intelligence on design fitness.
Arjun Nagendra, VP of Global Operations with Manojdeep Jasrotia, Director, Industrial and Manufacturing Services
|Salons A-L
5:15pm - 6:00pm
Break for eMail/VMail
TBD
4:00pm - 7:00pm
VIP Event
By invitation only
City Winery, North End, Boston
6:00pm - 10:00pm
Customer Appreciation Dinner
All conference attendees are invited to join us at Boston's historic Fenway Park for a fun night of backstage tours, a top-shelf dinner experience and a few other surprises along the way.
Fenway Park
7:30am - 8:30am
Coffee & Breakfast
Palm Garden
8:30am - 8:45am
Welcome & Agenda Review
Ranae Mogensen, aPriori Director, Marketing Communications & Public Relations
|Salons A-L
8:45am - 9:45am
aPriori Product Roadmap Presentation
Join our Product Management team to learn about our future product vision and plans for the next few years. This is always one of the top sessions of our conference every year. Don't miss it!
Fielder Hiss, aPriori Chief Product Officer & Members of the Product Management Team
|Salons A-L
9:45am - 10:00am
aPriori User Council Update
Hear from the leaders of the aPriori User Council why you should consider joining this group. The aPriori User Council helps us understand evolving market needs for our products.
Tristan Abend, Carrier and John Allen, Benchmark
|Salons A-L
10:00am - 10:30am
Morning Coffee Break & aPriori Inspiration Room
The aPriori Inspiration Room is a new concept this year. Meet aPriori Product Managers one on one to discuss your ideas for how we can improve our product. Individual stations will be setup to cover the following focus topics: * Creo Welds for aP Design * aP Expert Routing Proposal * Custom Outputs for Sourcing * Sustainability Feedback
Salons A-L
10:30am - 11:15am
Scania Case Study: Our Journey to Sustainable Manufacturing
This session will start off with a special introduction from Bernard Swiecki of the Center for Automotive Research. He will share some interesting data around the accelerating evolution of electric vehicles in the market. This introduction will be followed by a case study of how Scania has been able to add CO 2 e calculation as a product target in development process. Attendees last year may remember this presentation. This year we will reveal how the implementation has been refined and grown over the past year.
Center for Automotive Research, Bernard Swiecki and Director, Research Scania, Daniel Rosner, Technical Manager
|11:15am - 12:00
Case Study: Should Cost X 8
In this motivating case study, aPriori customer Signify will discuss the significant cost savings they have been able to realize using aPriori for should costing analysis.
Signify, Arnold Chatelain & Robert Ottens
|Salons A-L
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Lunch Break
Palm Garden
Commodity Analysis
Case Studies
Spirit AeroSystems
Spirit will share results they have experienced from using aPriori for DTC analysis and cost trade studies for 6+ years.
David McGinley & Hank Marcy
Salons A-L
Kone
Kone will detail how they use aPriori for should costing, illustrating the old way vs. the new way of costing using aPriori.
Jagan Thanigachalam, Sr Specialist, Should Costing, Kone
Salons A-L
AGCO
The more an engineer knows about the manufacturability and cost of their new designs, the better they can “design in” manufacturability. Learn how AGCO uses aPriori to do so.
Stan Kroeker, Sr. Engineering Specialist, AGCO
2:30pm - 2:45pm
Conference Wrap-Up
Join aPriori President & CEO, Stephanie Feraday, as she concludes the conference with key takeaways, fun prizes, and more!
Salons A-L