aPriori Academy

In this playlist of videos, students will become proficient in the core activities, capabilities, and user interface of the aP Design platform including Part & Assembly Costing and workflows with other aPriori products such as aP Pro and aP Workspace.

In this short video, students will become proficient in the core activities, capabilities, and user interface of the aP Pro in the cloud. Topics include a user interface overview, how to load parts in the cloud, and basic costing activity in aP Pro.

In this introductory course, students will understand the key aspects of Wire Harness Assembly providing the theory and practice to work with Wire Harness components at the initial BOM level right through to the costing and refinement of the complete harness assembly process.

In this playlist of videos, students will become proficient in the core activities, capabilities, and user interface of the aP Connect and aP Generate platform. Topics include the notification process, opening parts directly in aP Design and Workspace, and how to write cost and manufacturing data back into your CAD model, and more.

In this introductory course, students will see and then perform hands-on exercises on the basics of working in aPriori Professional for Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA). Lab topics include how to upload PCB boards into aPriori from native ECAD files, how to handle PCBA BOM files and data sources, refine PCBA manufacturing and cost drivers, and more.

In this learning path, students will see then perform hands-on labs on how to create and export data sets in aP Admin, run out-of-the-box reports in aP Analytics, create ad-hoc views, create reports, and create dashboards.

In this course, students will see then perform hands-on labs on how to determine draw direction and parting lines, evaluate design for manufacture and cost feedback, make informed decisions on material selection and thickness, review additional tooling requirements, analyze mold flow functionality and utilize PSOs to refine processes.

In this introductory course, students will see and then perform hands-on exercises on the basics of working in aPriori Professional for the Design Engineering role. This course provides flexibility to learn about the software in multiple process groups and offers options to tailor your training experience to your goals. Lab topics include costing assemblies, adding virtual welds, adding tolerances, design guidance, custom processes, costing hardware parts and parts without a CAD model, and more.

In this introductory course, students will see and then perform hands-on exercises on the basics of working in aPriori Professional for the Cost Engineering role. This course provides flexibility to learn about the software in multiple process groups and offers options to tailor your training experience to your goals. Lab topics include cost model formula basics, the design guidance tool, costing hardware parts and parts without a CAD model, custom processes, bulk costing, matrix costing, and more.

In this introductory course, students will see and then perform hands-on exercises on the basics of working in aPriori Professional for the Sourcing role. This course provides flexibility to learn about the software in multiple process groups and offers options to tailor your training experience to your goals. Lab topics include supplier negotiations, should-cost estimates, static and dynamic roll-ups, error messages, overrides, and more.

In this introductory course, students will see and then perform hands-on exercises on the basics of working in aPriori Professional for the Quoting role. This course provides flexibility to learn about the software in multiple process groups and offers options to tailor your training experience to your goals. Lab topics include User Defined Attributes, Process Setup Options, Tolerances, Overrides, Roll-ups, Custom Processes, Creating a Quote Package, and more.

After completing this course, you will better understand the PCB process and how aPriori's solutions can impact this.

In this playlist of videos, students will become proficient in the core activities, capabilities, and user interface of the aP Workspace platform. Students are encouraged to follow along with the workflows in their own Cloud Instances. Demos include user interface overviews, card configuration, create messages and comments, and projects.

In this introductory course, students will see and then perform a hands-on exercise on the basics of working in aPriori Professional with a focus on the CO2e emissions associated with manufacturing new or updated product designs. Lab topics include user interface overviews, material, and regional comparisons to determine lower carbon footprints, and using data to make trade off decisions between Sustainability and Cost.

In this course designed for aP Cloud Administrators, students will become proficient at self-managing the user credentials of those within their own organization.

You work as the Digital Factory Manager for your employer Big Global Manufacturer (BGM). You’ll learn how to use aPriori Professional’s Digital Factory Manager to evaluate region-specific data, create a configured Digital Factory, modify variable data to better represent your factory’s capabilities, and modify machine & material data. This will enable you to master Digital Factory Management for your organization.

You work to maintain and customize the Cost Model Workbench (CMWB) at your employer Big Global Manufacturer (BGM). You’ll learn how to use aPriori Professional to navigate and read through Cost Models, customize Cost Models using aPriori’s Cost Scripting Language, and see the connection between CMWB and the Digital Factory Manager. This will introduce you to using the CMWB and prepare you for the more detailed 3-day course which will give you a further understanding of how to use the CMWB in your own organization.

Follow the story of Cara, the Cost Modeler assigned to maintain and customize aPriori cost model logic for Big Global Manufacturer (BGM). Students will see and then perform hands-on exercises to learn how to read, modify, and search aPriori’s proprietary Cost Scripting Language (CSL), which is used to construct aPriori cost model logic; read and modify manufacturing process templates (manufacturing process sequences) and operation templates (GCD sequences); edit, add, or delete manufacturing process setup options that impact cost; edit, add, or delete routing rules such as the minimum strip width for sheet metal on progressive die; edit machine selection logic; edit cycle time and other formula calculations; add cost model variables and integrate into cost model logic.

You work as the System Administrator overseeing the initial aPriori deployment at your employer Big Global Manufacturer (BGM). You’ll learn how to use aPriori Professional to understand and create user defined attributes, modify attributes in the cost guide, manage currency and currency values, and control who has access to information (regions, individuals, teams, divisions) who can create/view/edit/delete. This will enable you to master System Administration for your own organization.

You work as the System Administrator overseeing the initial aPriori deployment at your employer Big Global Manufacturer (BGM). You’ll learn how to use aPriori Professional to manage users, understand and create user defined attributes, modify attributes in the cost guide, manage currency and currency values, and control who has access to information (regions, individuals, teams, divisions) who can create/view/edit/delete. This will enable you to master System Administration for your own organization.

After completing this course, you will better understand what is considered in the Additive Manufacturing Process Group.

After completing this course, you will better understand the Assembly Plastic Molding process and how aPriori's solutions can impact this.

After completing this course, you will better understand the Plastic Molding process and how aPriori's solutions can impact this.

After completing this course, you will better understand the Sheet Metal Hydroforming process and how aPriori's solutions can impact this.

After completing this course, you will better understand the Sheet Metal Stretch Forming process and how aPriori's solutions can impact this.

After completing this course, you will better understand the Assembly Molding process and how aPriori's solutions can impact this.

After completing this course, you will better understand the Bar and Tube process and how aPriori's solutions can impact this.

After completing this course, you will better understand the Rotational Molding process and how aPriori's solutions can impact this.

Understand key aspects of Design For Manufacture and Cost (DFMC) providing you with the theory and practice to use the associated aPriori DFMC tools with regards to the Stock Machining process group.