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How Grundfos Advances Sustainable Sourcing with Digital Twins

Grundfos uses aPriori digital twins to balance cost and carbon, powering sustainable sourcing decisions across its supply chain.

EU Manufacturer Captures Savings Despite Energy Price Increases

EU manufacturers counter energy-driven cost inflation using aPriori should-cost models to challenge surcharges and secure double-digit savings.

The State of Supply Chain Management & Procurement Survey Results

2022 survey reveals procurement delays; OEMs and suppliers need collaboration, standardized data, self-quoting/zero RFQ, and sustainable sourcing.

aPriori’s Top-7 Most Popular Procurement Posts of 2022

Explore aPriori’s top 2022 sourcing posts: sustainable procurement, collaboration, negotiation tips, and 2023 manufacturing challenges ahead.

How to Build the Ultimate 2023 Should Costing Playbook

Build a should-costing playbook for 2023: unite cost engineers, digital models, and cross-team collaboration to negotiate better.

4 New Can’t-Miss Tips for Successful Supplier Negotiations

Fact-based, emotion-free supplier negotiations: use should-cost breakdowns and impartial language to collaborate, resolve objections, and cut costs.

Overcoming Global Supply Chain Issues Through Cost Engineering

Supply chain turmoil demands cost engineers and simulation-driven manufacturing intelligence to rapidly evaluate suppliers, costs, risks, and sustainability.

Tackle These Ongoing Manufacturing Challenges Once and For All

Overcome labor shortages, supply chain chaos, inflation, and sustainability hurdles using manufacturing simulation—plus podcasts with executives and experts.

aPriori’s Best Sourcing & Procurement Blog Posts of 2022

Catch up on 2022’s top sourcing and procurement posts—Ukraine disruptions, chip shortages, strategic sourcing, collaboration, and digitalization priorities.

Why Sourcing Should Steal the Car Dealer Digitalization Playbook

Learn from digital car dealers: digitize procurement, use should-cost models, enable self-quoting, and boost transparency with supplier collaboration.

Top-8 Manufacturing Challenges for 2022

Eight manufacturing challenges—from reshoring to skills gaps—and practical digital-factory strategies to boost resilience, sustainability, and speed.

Three Ways to Build a Better Supply Chain with Manufacturing Simulation

Digital factories use CAD-based simulation to cut supply chain cost and risk via planning, supplier efficiency, and faster quoting.