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APriori Cost Management 20:1 Investment Return In today's business climate, companies can no longer settle for the promise of soft savings and must demand quantifiable, verifiable and predictable ROI. Realizing hard savings is only possible if discrete manufacturing companies can satisfy today's demand for a direct and measurable reduction of COGS. Until now, the direct benefits from these technologies have been difficult to measure and...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Technological
Capturing Production Facility Data Impacts COGS Bottom-Line Out-of-the-box sample production facilities represent a variety of global production facilities. The common manufacturing processes include sheetmetal, fabrication, injection-molding, 3-axis machining, turn, and assembly welding, surface treatment, die casting. According to Frank Azzolino, President and CEO of aPriori, “We also provide many other processes with customizable models to support...... Similar Editorial : by Mom Index. | Source : Technological
APriori Predictive Cost Analysis For Machined Products According to Frank Azzolino, President and CEO of aPriori, “We offer an industry first cost analysis for machined products…real-time, predictive cost estimates for turned and 3-axis machined products throughout the entire product delivery process.” Always knowing product costs prevents surprises, missed cost targets and rework, schedule delays, and missed market windows. Azzolino...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Technological
Discrete Manufacturers Significantly Reduce Costs aPriori has developed a white paper that presents an architecture for Cost Management platform developed through a six year industry/university collaborative research project initiated to address this problem in New Product Introduction (NPI) programs.According to Frank Azzolino, President and CEO of aPriori, “Manufacturers are forced to operate under net margins of only a few percent. A 1%...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Technological
Accurate Cost Predictions - Discrete Manufacturers Margins “Our software is designed to implement design-to-cost strategies during the product stage rather than as a constraint to satisfy at the end of a design,” according to Frank Azzolino, President and CEO of aPriori aPriori allows users to avoid or reduce the inevitable lengthy post-product launch cost reduction exercises and costly changes late in the development process.” Discrete part...... Similar Editorial : by David Bolton. | Source : Technological
Controlling And Reducing COGS With APriori Improves Margins Companies can reduce COGS by whole percentages by identifying quantifiable savings in material, tooling, labor, and overhead while evaluating alternative designs, processes, and sources.Companies are in the continuous pursuit of lowering cost-of-goods sold. According to Frank Azzolino, President and CEO of aPriori, “Costs related to materials, labor, and logistics are more predictable and...... Similar Editorial : by News Canada. | Source : Technological
Product Cost Decisions & Impact For Discrete Manufacturers A clear and undisputed characteristic of product delivery is that as much as 70% to 80% of the total product cost is a direct result of the design decisions made in the first 10% to 15% of the product development process. According to Frank Azzolino, President and CEO of aPriori, “Our strategy is simple: enable discrete manufacturing companies to identify and assess costs from the conceptual...... Similar Editorial : by Andrea Corney. | Source : Technological
APriori: Materials, Labor, And Logistics Are More Predictable According to Frank Azzolino, President and CEO of aPriori, “Recent production use has demonstrated an 8 to 39% cost of goods (COGS) reduction for both new and mature products and a first year return-on-investment (ROI.) aPriori’s Cost Management Platform is driving significant and substantial cost saving for customers. Azzolino suggests, “Using aPriori, costs related to materials,...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Technological
Discrete Manufacturer Cost Critical Decision True-Cost Convergence, developed by aPriori, provides early cost-assessments for the designer from the beginning of the product development cycle that naturally converge to production level costs estimates as manufacturing and procurement finalize decisions.According to Frank Azzolino, President and CEO of aPriori, “For today’s companies to remain agile, they require real-time visibility to cost...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Technological
Discrete Manufacturers & Product Costs : Azzolino According to Frank Azzolino, President & CEO of aPriori, the Massachusetts based Cost Management Platform company, “There are a number of reasons why discrete manufacturers have been forced to take a “rear view” look at product costs, such as evaluating and allocating product costs well after production was underway.”1. Cost information in most organizations is fragmented throughout the...... Similar Editorial : by Jp Online. | Source : Technological
APriori Profile In Manufacturing.net By TR Cutler Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) has become an increasingly important metric as the largest expense item on the income statement; typically 70% to 90% of revenue. Manufacturers are forced to focus on product cost and profit margins with renewed vigor. Cost targets, an important component of design-to-cost strategies, are now being defined early and with greater granularity, even down to the individual...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Technological Development
McLeish Containers And Brown Packaging Implement Plantnode McLeish Containers and Brown Packaging are manufacturers of corrugated goods including displays and packaging, and are under the same ownership. Five Plantnode units have been implemented between the two companies; and have been installed on box making equipment: machines that cut, fold, print and fasten corrugated cardboard into various sizes of packing boxes. The companies implemented the...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas Cutler. | Source : Technological Development
Industry 2.0 Profiles Cost Management Platform In Current Issue The leading manufacturing journalist, Thomas R. Cutler, recently profiled aPriori Technologies’ Cost Management Platform in the recent issue of Industry 2.0. Cutler details the benefits of cost management platforms in the feature:Hard Savings: Direct cost of goods sold (COGS) savings – by providing real time visibility to predictive cost information, the cost impact of decisions and trade...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas Cutler. | Source : Development In Technology
APriori Finalist In Operations Application Award The 2006 “What's Next Forum & Technology” Awards will recognize and celebrate innovative technologies developed in New England on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 at The Four Seasons Hotel in Boston. The keynote speaker will be Nicholas Negroponte, co-founder of the MIT Media Lab, esteemed author and founder and Chairman of the non-profit association One Laptop per Child. This year the...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas Cutler. | Source : Development In Technology
Frank Azzolino Of APriori Quoted In Quality Digest Manufacturing products produces waste that ranges from overproduction, waiting time, and transportation costs to overprocessing, excess inventory, unnecessary motion and scrap. By eliminating these wastes, production time and cost of goods sold (COGS) are reduced, and quality is improved. The leading manufacturing journalist, Thomas R. Cutler, recently profiled aPriori Technologies’ Lean Cost...... Similar Editorial : by Knight Frank. | Source : Development In Technology
