aPriori

aPriori is a Manufacturing Insights Platform that brings design, cost, sourcing, and sustainability into one connected, data-driven environment. In today’s hyper-competitive manufacturing landscape, where speed, cost efficiency, and sustainability are critical, aPriori eliminates the silos that cause delays, unexpected costs, and late-stage redesigns. The platform provides engineering, sourcing, and manufacturing teams with real-time insights to evaluate design alternatives, optimize cost structures, and assess sustainability impacts at every stage of product development. With powerful simulation and digital manufacturing models, aPriori enables organizations to predict manufacturability issues before production, reduce waste, and make confident, data-backed decisions early in the design cycle. By aligning technical feasibility with financial and environmental goals, aPriori helps companies accelerate time to market, protect margins, and deliver products that meet both business and customer demands—faster, smarter, and more sustainably. At its core, aPriori enables companies to upload CAD models, run simulations in virtual “digital factories,” automatically assess manufacturing costs, and receive actionable feedback in real time. Its modular software suite—which includes tools like aP Pro, aP Generate, aP Design, aP Analytics, and aP Workspace—serves every stakeholder in the product development lifecycle. Designers can quickly compare alternatives and materials, cost engineers can reveal hidden cost drivers, sourcing teams gain leverage with “should-cost” insights, and manufacturing engineers gain early warning of production roadblocks. All this is underpinned by rich regional cost libraries, detailed manufacturability rules, and even sustainability metrics such as carbon output tied to processes. By integrating with existing CAD, PLM, and engineering tools, aPriori doesn’t force a rip-and-replace—it accelerates and augments your current workflows. Users consistently report big cost savings, shorter design cycles, fewer late-stage design changes, and enhanced collaboration across teams. Rather than waiting until after mockups or prototypes are built, changes can be made while ideas are still fluid. Furthermore, with pressures to meet environmental goals, aPriori helps companies quantify the sustainability impact of different manufacturing choices—enabling firms to reduce carbon output while maintaining or improving margins. Whether it is entering new markets faster, negotiating better with suppliers, or ensuring products meet cost, quality, and sustainability standards—and doing so with confidence—apriori arms organizations with the insights they need to win.

Unlike traditional cost modeling tools that rely heavily on static spreadsheets or manual inputs, aPriori leverages automated, CAD-driven simulations that replicate actual production environments with remarkable accuracy. By creating “digital factories” that mirror different manufacturing processes, regions, and supply chain conditions, it allows organizations to virtually test and evaluate how a part will be produced, how much it will cost, and what its environmental footprint will be before physical prototypes or supplier negotiations even begin. This ability to deliver early and automated feedback fundamentally reduces the design-to-market timeline while also eliminating costly redesigns that typically arise later in the process. Another differentiator is its holistic approach across functions. While most solutions focus narrowly—either on cost engineering, design validation, or sourcing— aPriori empowers multiple stakeholders simultaneously. Designers gain actionable manufacturability alerts directly in their CAD environment, cost engineers can run instant should-cost analyses with regionalized data, sourcing professionals get negotiation power with fact-based cost transparency, and sustainability managers can evaluate carbon emissions tied to specific processes and materials. This breadth creates a single source of truth that drives collaboration across traditionally siloed teams. Additionally, aPriori continuously updates its manufacturing cost models to reflect real-world economic shifts, ensuring companies always operate with current and relevant data. Its ability to integrate seamlessly with PLM, ERP, and CAD systems also means companies don’t have to overhaul existing workflows to gain its benefits. Finally, in an era where sustainability is as critical as profitability, aPriori’s built-in carbon analysis capabilities give it a distinct edge, enabling organizations not just to compete on cost and quality but also to meet environmental commitments. In short, aPriori’s difference lies in its end-to-end visibility, data-driven automation, and multi-disciplinary empowerment, making it a next-generation solution that redefines how products are designed, costed, sourced, and brought to market.

• Enterprise
• Small Businesses (1-99)
• Mid Market (100-500)