Released on = June 3, 2006, 5:56 am

Press Release Author = John Busa

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = Frank Azzolino of aPriori Quoted in Quality Digest

Press Release Body = According to Frank Azzolino, President and CEO of aPriori, a
producer of cost management software, "It is essential to improve the economics of
discrete manufacturing companies throughout the entire product development,
production and delivery process by quantifiably and measurably reducing COGS."
Innovative cost management software platforms provide accurate, predictive,
real-time cost estimates for all individuals in the process who directly influence
or manage product costs such as engineering, planning, manufacturing, procurement
and program management.

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 Management Platform in the recent issue of Quality Digest.
Cutler details the benefits of cost management platforms in the feature.

According to Cutler, 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.

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