Released on = June 1, 2006, 5:40 am

Press Release Author = John Busa

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = Cost Management Platform by aPriori Profiles in May Issue of
Manufacturing & Technology

Press Release Body = According to leading manufacturing journalist Thomas R. Cutler
in the May issue of Manufacturing & Technology, COGS reduction is one of the
fundamental drivers of a lean manufacturing initiative. Used to measure the ongoing
success of lean manufacturing, it fundamentally captures material, labor, overhead
and tooling costs. However, COGS reduction should not be thought of as a phase in a
lean manufacturing process initiative.

If lean manufacturing initiatives are reducing COGS, manufacturers must be able to
accurately measure and manage costs in real time. Only real-time, predictive cost
estimates can reliably be used to validate lean initiative decisions and guide
corrective actions throughout all the processes of engineering, planning and
production, sourcing, quality control, program management and production delivery.

Manufacturing & Technology reaches customers and prospects throughout Indiana,
Kentucky, and Ohio, and is an important source for news in technology and
manufacturing. The Manufacturers Group Inc., the parent company of the publication,
is a diversified media company providing authoritative print and online media.

Manufacturing & Technology's monthly print readership exceeds 94,500 company
presidents and vice presidents, managers, engineering, buyers, maintenance, safety
personnel and others. The industrial publication primarily targets tier two and tier
three manufacturing companies. The subscribing company profile typically has 10 to
300 employees and includes upper management, plant managers, design, engineering,
purchasing personnel, and others.

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 enables "Cost
Knowledge Before it Matters."





Web Site = http://www.aPriori.com

Contact Details = aPriori
www.aPriori.com
John Busa
jbusa@apriori.com
978-371-2006