Rick Burke

“Everywhere you look, the global supply chain is a mess.” That’s how The Wall Street Journal summed up the state of the supply chain crisis after interviewing exasperated suppliers and...

Traditionally, manufacturing cost reduction strategies have been performed by cost engineering experts, or by Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VAVE) team members who specialize in cost reduction...

We recently conducted a survey of Industry Week’s and Machine Design’s discrete manufacturing audience. The primary goal of the survey was to better understand product lifecycle trends and their...

On September 25, 2018, aPriori sponsored a regional meeting in California for manufacturers of high tech electronic equipment who expressed interest in learning how to easily identify and...

How a High Tech Electronics Company Saved Millions by Attacking their Mechanical Spend The aPriori Customer profiled in this Case Study is in the High Tech Electronics (HTE) industry vertical, and...

General Electric is one of the largest diversified industrial manufacturers in the world. The company designs and manufactures aircraft engines, locomotives and other transportation equipment,...

Caterpillar has been a customer with aPriori for many years. They have aPriori product cost management deployments going on at the different divisions around the company and around the world....

Introduction A lot of stories have appeared in the news lately about the role of automation in manufacturing.  In particular, companies that manufacture robotic systems that improve the efficiency...

aPriori customer Soucy International designs and manufactures aftermarket parts for the power sports vehicle market.  Back in 2015, they were facing a challenge that was making it increasingly...

aPriori customer Soucy International designs and manufactures aftermarket parts for the power sports vehicle market.  Back in 2015, they were...

Even best-in-class manufacturing companies can miss their cost targets when launching new products.  Design changes can often lead to costly...

The Wuzheng Group (Shandong Wuzheng Group Co. Ltd) is an established automotive and agricultural industry leader in China with annual...

Adopt a Carrier Group Battle Strategy for Product Cost Management I was recently watching a classic WWII movie about the...

Featuring Spirit Aerosystems Spirit AeroSystems [NYSE: SPR] designs and builds large aerostructures, including fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components, for...

There’s one word that keeps bubbling to the surface of my mind as I prepare for next week’s COST INSIGHT...

There are probably about 20 or 30 good reasons why you should attend the 3rd Annual European STARS Product Cost...

If You Missed It… The aPriori STARS Customer Conference is becoming THE most important event of the year for leading...

After 25 years in the business of marketing manufacturing software, I still remember one of my early job interviews where...

Cross Functional Team Collaboration Drives Product Cost Savings Early visibility to product cost drivers helps companies eliminate problems before they...