R. Sebastian Schrader is a co-founder and Senior Process Specialist with aPriori Technologies, based in Concord, MA. aPriori (www.apriori.com) is the technology leader providing innovative cost management solutions to the discrete manufacturing industry.

In manufacturing, the measure of the amount that matters is, of course, cost, or cost of goods sold (COGS). Traditionally, industry has taken a "rear-view mirror approach to product costing," says Frank Azzolino, president of Concord, Mass.-based aPriori (www.apriori.com).

“The objective of the aPriori Strategic Value Assessment (aSVA) is to confirm the financial and strategic value that aPriori can brings to customers in a very short timeframe, approximately four weeks, “according to Frank Azzolino, president of aPriori Technologies.

According to Frank Azzolino, President & CEO of aPriori Technologies (www.apriori.com), “There are a number of reasons why discrete manufacturers have been forced to take a “rear view” look at product costs --evaluating and allocating product costs well after production was underway. 

Most discrete manufacturers believe they can achieve a modest 1% savings in their COGS. According to Frank Azzolino, President and CEO of aPriori (www.apriori.com), which produces cost management software, “Giving our customers accurate, predictive, real-time product cost estimates along with their understanding of the leveraged effect that reducing COGS has on net income (and the profit opportunity that this represents) is one of our primary value drivers.”

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John Busa is Vice President of Marketing with aPriori Technologies, based in Concord, MA. aPriori (www.apriori.com) is the technology leader providing innovative cost management solutions to the discrete manufacturing industry.  Busa brings 16 years of experience in the commercial software industry to his role leading aPriori’s marketing efforts. Prior to joining aPriori, Busa was responsible for all engineering and product management at CXO Systems. Prior to that he was Senior Vice President, Research and Development for PTC, a leading provider of PLM solutions.

According to Frank Azzolino, President & CEO of aPriori Technologies (www.apriori.com), “There are a number of reasons why discrete manufacturers have been forced to take a “rear view” look at product costs --evaluating and allocating product costs well after production was underway.”

Based in Concord, MA, aPriori (www.apriori.com) is the technology leader providing innovative cost management solutions to the discrete manufacturing industry.  aPriori’s Cost Management Software Platform enables manufacturers to better understand product cost decisions early and throughout the product lifecycle.  aPriori’s Cost Management Platform empowers manufacturers to lower cost-of-goods sold (COGS), provides real-time visibility to “cost-critical” decision information, and builds critical cost knowledge to go on the business “offensive.”  aPriori’s patent-protected cost management platform allows companies to assess, control, and reduce cost of goods sold by whole percentages.  The aPriori Platform truly enables “Cost Knowledge Before it Matters.”

John Busa is Vice President of Marketing with aPriori Technologies, based in Concord, MA. aPriori (www.apriori.com) is the technology leader providing innovative cost management solutions to the discrete manufacturing industry. The cost management platform uses innovative, patent protected technologies, and is capable of using design information driven off of MCAD geometry. Additionally the ability to model production facilities (including machine capabilities, raw materials, and facility cost structure) and the specific cost accounting methodologies, accurate predictive, allow  “forward looking” real time cost estimates.

R. Sebastian Schrader is a co-founder and Senior Process Specialist with aPriori Technologies, based in Concord, MA. aPriori (www.apriori.com) is the technology leader providing innovative cost management solutions to the discrete manufacturing industry. The cost management platform uses innovative, patent protected technologies, and is capable of using design information driven off of MCAD geometry. Additionally the ability to model production facilities (including machine capabilities, raw materials, and facility cost structure) and the specific cost accounting methodologies, accurate predictive, allow  “forward looking” real time cost estimates.

During the aPriori Strategic Value Assessment (aSVA) the aPriori Cost Management software platform is on-site to facilitate making real-time product cost assessments; design changes in the MCAD system, as well as understanding the product cost implications of various sourcing decisions, manufacturing process decisions, and material choices.  The activity allows customer to experience how aPriori drives product cost reductions.  Sources of cost reduction may come from:

Eric Arno Hiller is a co-founder and Director of Business Development with aPriori Technologies, based in Concord, MA. aPriori (www.apriori.com) is the technology leader providing innovative cost management solutions to the discrete manufacturing industry. The cost management platform uses innovative, patent protected technologies, and is capable of using design information driven off of MCAD geometry. Additionally the ability to model production facilities (including machine capabilities, raw materials, and facility cost structure) and the specific cost accounting methodologies, accurate predictive, allow  “forward looking” real time cost estimates.

According to Frank Azzolino, President & CEO of aPriori Technologies (www.apriori.com), “There are fundamental differences in the way that decisions are made in the NPI process, (in the process that takes products from the conceptual design phase all the way through production delivery), by using aPriori’s predictive cost assessments vs. more traditional Activity Based Costing (ABC) methods.  ABC applies methods where costs are allocated to production products “after the fact”, (after they have been designed, planned, sourced, and produced.)”

aPriori’s Cost Management Software Platform enables manufacturers to better understand product cost decisions early and throughout the product lifecycle.  aPriori’s Cost Management Platform empowers manufacturers to lower cost-of-goods sold (COGS), provides real-time visibility to “cost-critical” decision information, and builds critical cost knowledge to go on the business “offensive.”  aPriori’s patent-protected cost management platform allows companies to assess, control, and reduce cost of goods sold by whole percentages.  The aPriori Platform truly enables “Cost Knowledge Before it Matters.”

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