aPriori Receives `Powered by SAP Netweaver` Certification

aPriori, the technology leader providing cost managementsoftware solutions for the discrete part manufacturing industry, today announcedthat its aPriori v4.0 Cost Management Software Platform has recently received the"Powered by SAP NetWeaver " certification for its tight integration with SAP WebApplication Server, as well as the SAP Enterprise Portal 6.0, both components of theSAP NetWeaver open integration and application platform.

The aPriori v4.0 Cost Management Software Platform provides real-time, predictivecost assessments throughout the entire product development and delivery process.aPriori v4.0 enables designers and engineers, manufacturing engineers and planners,purchasing and sourcing professionals, cost managers, and program/project managementto make better decisions to reduce, avoid, and recover product costs. aPriori'ssolutions enable manufacturing companies to measurably reduce their Costs-of-GoodsSold (COGS) by whole percentages by identifying quantifiable savings in material,tooling, labor and overhead while evaluating alternative designs, manufacturingprocesses, and vendor sources.

aPrioriÂ's integration with SAP NetWeaver enables usage in SAP Web ApplicationServer-based environments. Additionally, aPrioriÂ's Cost management Software Platformsupports pre-built iView software for integration with the SAP Enterprise Portal. The aPriori iView provides access to product cost and procurement functionality inthe aPriori Cost Management platform. This functionality allows users to compare thecosts of alternative manufacturing scenarios for their products. Supportingsingle-sign-on and role-based access, the aPriori iView allows appropriate users toview all products in the aPriori cost management database and all availablemanufacturing scenarios. Each of these scenarios has a detailed breakdown ofestimated costs and can be used when making important engineering and manufacturingproduct cost decisions.

"The tight integration between the aPriori Cost Management Software Platform and theSAP NetWeaver platform compliment each other and provide an innovative enterpriseenvironment for addressing the product cost management needs of our customers," saidFrank V. Azzolino, president and CEO of aPriori. "All user communities who impactand manage cost can now have access to aPriori product cost information at the pointwhen and where critical cost related decisions are made including from within theirSAP environment.Â

About aPrioriBased in Concord, MA, aPriori is the technology leader providing innovative costmanagement solutions to the discrete manufacturing industry. aPrioriÂ's CostManagement Software Platform enables manufacturers to better understand product costdecisions early and throughout the product lifecycle. aPrioriÂ's Cost ManagementPlatform empowers manufacturers to lower cost-of-goods sold (COGS), providesreal-time visibility to  cost-critical decision information, and builds criticalcost knowledge to go on the business  offensive. aPrioriÂ's patented costmanagement platform allows companies to assess, control, and reduce cost of goodssold by whole percentages. The aPriori Platform truly enables  Cost KnowledgeBefore it Matters.Â

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