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    aPriori Technologies

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AaPriori provides design and sourcing Insights to unlock and identify new opportunities for reducing product cost and carbon footprint, optimizing manufacturing and supply chain risk, and improving design engineering and sourcing teams’ productivity. Their automated Insights Platform is used to reduce time to market, meet sustainability targets, and accelerate revenue growth. What are Manufacturing Insights? aPriori’s Manufacturing Insights Platform simulates each step of the…N/A

    Boothroyd Dewhurst DFMA Software

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ABoothroyd Dewhurst, headquartered in Rhode Island, offers DFMA Software for product cost management, including DFA Product Simplification for locating cost drivers, and DFM Concurrent Costing for design and costing comparison and analysis.N/A
    Pricing
    aPriori TechnologiesBoothroyd Dewhurst DFMA Software
    Editions & Modules
    aP Pro
    Custom
    aP Design
    Custom
    aP Generate
    Custom
    aP Analytics
    Custom
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    aPriori TechnologiesBoothroyd Dewhurst DFMA Software
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    aPriori TechnologiesBoothroyd Dewhurst DFMA Software
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    aPriori Technologies
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    aPriori is more or less an automated and self-driven tool. It uses data in VPE, logic, and constraints in the cost model to give the cost. If CAD model is there, it makes your job easy. It is possible to estimate the cost of 1000s of parts with one click using bulk costing …
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    User-friendly tool
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    aPriori TechnologiesBoothroyd Dewhurst DFMA Software
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (12 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
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    Usability
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
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    Implementation Rating
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    aPriori TechnologiesBoothroyd Dewhurst DFMA Software
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    aPriori Technologies
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    Boothroyd Dewhurst
    If you want to lead a project team through the process of cost optimization from concept until SOP you will find a huge portfolio of processes and hints for cost improvement. Effects like simplification are the base - additionally hints for the search of costdrivers are given. It is an optimal toolset for value engineers, design engineers or cost engineers.
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    Pros
    aPriori Technologies
    • Sheet Metal-Process Group, Transfer Die is at the Best, which gives detailed operation setup for the Parts as well as shows the number of parts in the Sheet i.e nested Loop thereby reducing the Scrap as well (Scrap Management)
    • Forging-Steel: Very good for for medium and complex medium Hot Forging type parts. Machine overhead data is very detailed where facts are used for the negotiation i.e Electricity Rate, Power, Labour Rate, Maintenance rate, etc.
    • Surface Treatment / Other Secondary Process such as powder coating, wet coat, electro plating: These all work well. We can also use masking options the treatment, In the event of of any leak tests or X-Ray inspections, we can add the process which will then account the pre/post operation time for the treatments
    • 2-Model Machining: Machines and routing combinations are huge and can be used to determine the most economic way to produce these parts. We can also override to find the supplier methodology and cost. It gives very detailed information on the feed rate, speed rate, and power capacity.
    • Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerating (GD&T) can be added on the GCD's which will help detect the super finishing process, which is another advantage. In the current 2016 R2 SP, aPriori can detect it from the CAD Models
    • Design to Cost feature, provides the design engineers as well as cost engineers to understand the which feature take most cycle time and whether changing that feature reduces the complexity in machining thereby cycle time can be reduced
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    Boothroyd Dewhurst
    • Cost optimization.
    • VA/VE, Cost reduction.
    • Part simplification.
    • Product optimization in early phases of design.
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    Cons
    aPriori Technologies
    • Customization of the cost logic is tricky.
    • Full products costing & process involved in the proprietary parts are less or not available for costing
    • Sheet metal logics for costing may be improved.
    • Focus on Electronics Cost models
    • Electronics - Component Costings
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    Boothroyd Dewhurst
    • Needs some training. Not for absolute dummies.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    aPriori Technologies
    • Not to Lose the Position of Product Cost Management Importance
    • Make Costing Simple and Ease
    • Traceablitlity of Previous Costed
    • Helps Design Engineers to actually look for the Which Feature contributes for the Most Cycle Time and help Design Engineers to re-design the CAD Model and look for the changes in the Cycle Time and the Machining parameters
    • Interactive Cost Insight
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    Usability
    aPriori Technologies
    I'm fairly happy with the product. My company appreciates the ability to customize the software, as well as manage our own data points for costs, machines, and materials. The coding aspect is not too difficult as well, though there are some issues with the availability of some information that could be improved.
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    Support Rating
    aPriori Technologies
    Overall, I'm generally satisfied with the response and results that I get from aPriori support. They are intuitive, and try to understand what it is I'm trying to do, or how the problem is affecting me or my organization. They also are very available across the globe, as my team is located in multiple regions.
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    Implementation Rating
    aPriori Technologies
    aPriori team helped a lot for the implementation, as they were on remote and helping for the file run and implementing the same on remote. aPriori team extrended full support for the implementation resolving the bottleneck and bugs if any during installing the software's also, they provide professional services in order to resolve some technical issue
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    Alternatives Considered
    aPriori Technologies
    aPriori is covering a lot of different processes instead of being an expert in only one. It can read geometric [information] directly from the CAD file so there's no need for manual entry or the risk of a mistake that comes with that. It provides data in a lot of different regions around the world this keeping the data up to date.
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    Return on Investment
    aPriori Technologies
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    Boothroyd Dewhurst
    • Smooth product design.
    • Less engineering changes required after SOP of product.
    • High revenue growth.
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