aPriori

About aPriori
aPriori is a cloud-based manufacturing insights platform used by manufacturers to unlock cost, manufacturability, and carbon insights for increased product profitability and sustainability. The platform combines product cost management, design for manufacturability, design for sustainability, and supplier collaboration features into one integrated solution.
Key capabilities include design to cost analysis, design for manufacturability evaluations, design for sustainability assessments, should cost modeling, and support for quoting professionals. The software is tailored to the needs of specific roles like design engineers, sourcing managers, cost engineers, and leadership. It also caters to industries such as aerospace and defense, automotive and transportation, high tech and electronics, as well as industrial equipment.
The technology leverages a digital manufacturing insights platform consisting of digital factories, regional data libraries containing industry benchmarks, and process models for materials and manufacturing methods. This enables rapid what-if simulations for product cost, quality, lead time, and sustainability factors.
Products include aP Pro for complete product cost management, aP Design for design analysis, aP Generate for automated quoting, aP Analytics for reporting, and aP Workspace for collaboration. These provide the comprehensive capabilities to optimize profitability, manufacturability, and sustainability across the product lifecycle.
Key benefits of aPriori
Reduces manufacturing costs through digital insights into product profitability, manufacturability, and sustainability
Accelerates time to market by streamlining design for manufacturability analysis
Enables data-driven supplier collaboration and negotiation
Uncovers cost reduction opportunities across the product lifecycle
Provides ROI in under 6 months on average
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- Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Can no more live without it
Reviewed on 2020/11/19
Pros
Esay to use after a 1 month training. Help our company to control cost of our product and accelerate our RFQ response time
Cons
Really hard to customize for your own way of manufacturing. Software is expensive and expert service too
- Industry: Renewables & Environment
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Mike
Reviewed on 2023/11/07
Pros
Ease of use and very intuitive in the costing design and development of costing
Cons
Building custom costing features outside of soft are.
- Industry: Design
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10
Honest Apriori Review
Reviewed on 2022/08/18
Poor. I have high hopes for the tool but it needs to become more user friendly as advertised and...
Poor. I have high hopes for the tool but it needs to become more user friendly as advertised and the output needs to get closer to actual cost. Right now I can't trust the quote from the tool or use it in any meaningful way. The best part of it is for concept parts at the moment to decided between two different designs.
Pros
I like that I can quickly compare two prototype concepts and get a relative cost difference. I also see the value in having a software that could be easy to use and dump a part in to get cost in a few clicks.
Cons
I think there is a huge gap in actual cost vs apriori cost. I don't think it is as user friendly as advertised. The software has odd quirks and poorly set defaults on the interface. If a cost is off, there are too many parameters to check to understand why, which requires advanced users to troubleshoot. The VPE doesn't get updated often enough. I can't cost painted parts. The weld tool is junk, hard to use and takes too long. Weldments always quote way off of actual cost. Special materials are not in the list unless manually added. Our common steel types are not set as default so I have to search for them in the list each time. It would be nice if the material could pull in automatically from Creo. I have been told the tool can help save cost by recommending better thicknesses, clearance hole sizes, or tolerances, but these are chosen based on our standards and best practices so I have not seen any valuable cost reductions from recommended geometry changes. The material nesting tool is totally inaccurate because our manufacturing group uses their own software to nest laser cut parts. Sometimes it chooses the wrong default manufacturing processes because it is looking for the cheapest way to make a part but not how we actually would. Ex. I've seen laser cut parts default to water jet and we don't have that capability so I have to go in and manually change the process. The costs for piece parts are starting to approach actual cost but assemblies are way off.Im out of characters
- Industry: Aviation & Aerospace
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Feedback on aPriori
Reviewed on 2023/09/20
Great tool for Low mix high volume business
Great tool for Low mix high volume business
Pros
Multiple Routing Processes and 3D CAD Model details extraction
Cons
Aerospace Raw Materials coverage and Special processes coverage
- Industry: Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Collaboration Tool between divisions
Reviewed on 2023/11/07
Always expanding my knowledge of the capabilities.
Always expanding my knowledge of the capabilities.
Pros
The ability to provide in depth knowledge between around business segments in real time.
Cons
The requirements for CAD to perform an analysis
aPriori FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for aPriori.Q. What type of pricing plans does aPriori offer?
aPriori offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$1.00/year
- Pricing model: Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
Please contact aPriori directly for pricing information.
Q. Who are the typical users of aPriori?
aPriori has the following typical customers:
201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does aPriori support?
aPriori supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does aPriori support mobile devices?
aPriori supports the following devices:
Q. What other apps does aPriori integrate with?
We do not have any information about what integrations aPriori has
Q. What level of support does aPriori offer?
aPriori offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, Chat
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