Regional Data Libraries

Robust Manufacturing & Material Cost Data for Strategic Production Decisions

Volatile material pricing, rising labor costs, and simmering trade conflicts make it increasingly challenging to compare manufacturing costs among regions accurately. aPriori Regional Data Libraries (RDLs) provide manufacturers with timely insights for variable material and supplier production costs across 89 regions globally.


aPriori RDLs provide a detailed breakdown of total manufacturing costs including material costs, regional labor rates, and manufacturing overhead (direct and indirect overhead expenses, toolshop rates, etc.). By using this information to benchmark production cost estimates, manufacturers can quickly select the best region to source components, manufacture products, and address supply chain risk.

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Leverage Global Manufacturing Data to Make Decisions Quickly and Confidently

The aPriori RDL is a database of economic manufacturing data gathered from multiple regions that represent standard manufacturing practices and costs in each location. Companies integrate RDLs into their digital factories to gain insights that include: evaluating “build vs. buy” options, determining how relocating manufacturing will impact cost, and creating detailed cost estimates. Manufacturers use RDL data for multiple cost benchmark applications, including:
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Support fact-based supplier negotiation with detailed manufacturing and economic data in nearly 90 regions

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Benchmark supplier quotes with insights into regional direct and indirect costs

3

Assess the cost and sustainability impact of sourcing components in various regions by evaluating multiple regions simultaneously

4

Develop early budgetary estimates to improve target cost accuracy

5

Estimate the fastest and most cost-effective engineering change orders (ECOs) and design alternatives

The Breadth and Depth of aPriori's Regional Data Library

The aPriori RDL is a database of economic manufacturing data gathered from multiple regions that represent standard manufacturing practices and costs in each location. Companies integrate RDLs into their digital factories to gain insights that include: evaluating "build vs. buy" options, determining how relocating manufacturing will impact cost, and creating detailed cost estimates.
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Labor Rates

Represent a fully-burdened labor rate that includes direct wages, directly paid benefits and social overheads. In addition to the world average industry, each Regional Data Library contains a set of wage grades (1-9) for six different industries: Aerospace, Automotive, Electronic, Heavy Industrial Machinery, Medical Device, Oil and Gas.

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Overhead Rates

Determine for each machine by region and include direct and indirect overhead costs.

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Toolshop and Machine Rates

Represent specific rates related to tool shop operations and machines used in manufacturing.

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Material Rates

  • Material Overhead and SG&A Rates: overhead costs associated with materials and Selling, General & Administrative (SG&A) expenses.
  • Material Pricing Data: the pricing for various materials used in manufacturing.
  • Material Physical Properties and Stock Sizes: the physical properties of various materials and the sizes in which they are typically stocked.

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    Sustainability Insights

    aPriori has partnered with ecoinvent, an international not-for-profit organization that publishes and maintains its comprehensive life cycle inventory (LCI) database for global sustainability assessments. Using econinvent’s LCI as a foundation, aPriori’s Manufacturing Insights Platform calculates material carbon emissions factors and electricity carbon for each manufactured part based on its manufacturing processes and routine logic. With aPriori, companies gain unparalleled insights to identify and mitigate the most significant carbon contributors early in the design process. Learn more about aPriori’s sustainability insights.
    MATERIAL CARBON EMISSIONS FACTORS ELECTRICITY CARBON EMISSIONS FACTORS
    Purpose
    • Calculate the material CO2e contribution for a part
    • Calculate the process CO2e contribution for a part
    Process
    • The carbon impact of the extraction and processing required to create the raw material used to manufacture the part
    • The carbon impact of additional processing steps to create the stock form required
    • The energy usage from processes using electricity
    • The carbon impact of the electricity generated from the grid mix for a given country
    Units
    • kg CO2e / kg of material
    • kg CO2e / kWh of electricity used
    Location
    Mapping
    • Europe
    • Rest of World
    • Locations based on countries in aPriori’s Regional Libraries

    What are the currently supported regions?

    aPriori RDLs provide targeted economic data across 89 regions, from China to Canada. To further refine manufacturing cost estimates, aPriori has multiple RDLs in popular manufacturing regions including China, the U.S., India, and Mexico. RDL data is updated four times a year.

    Click to display different rates on the map:

    Total Manufacturing Rate
    Labor Rate
    New Regions Added in 2024
    Total Manufacturing Rate: Global
    Labor Rate: Global
    New Regions Added in 2024
    EMEA APAC AMERICAS
    Eastern Europe Morocco Russia China Australia Mexico Brazil Canada
    Western Europe Netherlands
    • City of Moscow
    • Beijing
    		 India
    • Mexico City
    • Rio Grande Do Sul
    • Atlantic
      (PE-NB-NL-NS)
    Austria Norway
    • Tyumen
    • Chengdu
    • Maharashtra
    • North
    • São Paulo
    • West
      (BC-MB-SK)
    Belgium Poland
    • Saint Petersburg
    • Chongqing
    • Delhi
    • South-west
    • Rio de Janeiro
    • Ontario
    Czech Republic Portugal
    • Moscow region
    • Dalian
    • West Bengal
    		 Chile
    • Quebec
    Denmark Romania
    • Sverdlovsk
    • Guangzhou
    • Karnataka
    • Alberta
    Finland Slovakia
    • Leningrad
    • Hangzhou
    		 Indonesia United States
    France South Africa
    • Kaluga
    • Qingdao
    		 Japan
    • Northeast (MA-NY-NJ-CT)
    Germany Spain
    • Udmurtia
    • Shanghai
    		 Malaysia
    • Northeast-Rural (ME-NH-RI-VT)
    Hungary Sweden
    • Altaiskii Krai
    • Suzhou
    		 Philippines
    • Mid-Atlantic (DE-MD-PA-VA)
    Ireland Switzerland
    • Republic of Dagestan
    • Tianjin
    		 Saudi Arabia
    • North Central (IL-MI-MN-OH-WI)
    Israel Tunisia
    • Wuhan
    		 Singapore
    • Central (AR-IA-KS-MT-NE-ND-OK-SD)
    Italy Türkiye South Korea
    • Southeast (AL-FL-GA-IN-KY-LA-MO-MS-NC-SC-TN-WV)
    United Kingdom Taiwan
    • Mountain (AZ-CO-ID-NV-NM-UT-WY)
    Thailand
    • Pacific (WA-OR-HI-AK)
    Vietnam
    • Texas
    • California
    *The total manufacturing rate comprises labor rates and overhead rates, which are determined per machine and vary by region, including both direct and indirect overhead costs.
    “I have responsibility for three plants in different countries across the globe, and each plant is different. They have different cost structures and different cultures. But with the digital factory, we can easily configure our simulation to reflect these different manufacturing facilities.” – Jegan Dhanapal, Senior Cost Leader, CNH Industrial

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