Released on: 18, April 2006
, Author: John Busa
, Audience: Software related
R. Sebastian Schrader is a co-founder and Senior ProcessSpecialist with aPriori Technologies, based in Concord, MA. aPriori(www.apriori.com) is the technology leader providing innovative cost managementsolutions to the discrete manufacturing industry. The cost management platform usesinnovative, patent protected technologies, and is capable of using designinformation driven off of MCAD geometry. Additionally the ability to modelproduction facilities (including machine capabilities, raw materials, and facilitycost structure) and the specific cost accounting methodologies, accurate predictive,allow  forward looking real time cost estimates.
As a doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois, Schrader was responsible forsome of the seminal work that is the foundation of the aPriori cost managementsolution. Schrader holds a BS in Production Engineering from EAFIT University inColombia and a MS in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Illinois.While at UIUC, Sebastian worked at the John Deere Silvis Product Development Centeras a Feature-Based Cost Specialist, analyzing cost data created with third-partycosting packages and in-house costing techniques. Prior to UIUC, Schrader was aResearch & Technical Staff member of the Interdisciplinary Research Center(IRC-CAD/CAM/CG) in Colombia, where he developed asynchronous tools for topologyrecovery, surface smoothing, and mesh optimization. Before working at IRC, Schraderwas a joint owner of CAD-TEC Ltd where he worked as a consultant to firms in graphicdesign.
This cost information leverages existing information and data systems in a singlecost platform, captures company specific costing practices, and makes thisinformation available across the enterprise and accessible by any user in theorganization.
aPrioriÂ's Cost Management Software Platform enables manufacturers to betterunderstand product cost decisions early and throughout the product lifecycle. aPrioriÂ's Cost Management Platform empowers manufacturers to lower cost-of-goodssold (COGS), provides real-time visibility to  cost-critical decision information,and builds critical cost knowledge to go on the business  offensive. aPrioriÂ'spatent-protected cost management platform allows companies to assess, control, andreduce cost of goods sold by whole percentages. The aPriori Platform enables  CostKnowledge Before it Matters.Â
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