Released on = March 17, 2006, 5:00 am

Press Release Author = John Busa

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = Cost-Critical Decisions Managed in Real-time for Discrete
Manufacturers

Press Release Body = Advanced 'should-cost' analysis incorporates cost estimates for
customer's in-house facilities, generic industry and global supplier production
plants to enable more efficient supplier selection and fact-based negotiations.

True-Cost Convergence, developed by aPriori, provides early cost-assessments for the
designer from the beginning of the product development cycle that naturally converge
to production level costs estimates as manufacturing and procurement finalize
decisions.

Predictive real-time cost assessments provide all involved in the cost process.
"What if" cost trade-off analysis from component to assembly to product to
production facility level is available with the aPriori Cost Management Platform,
the first solution to bring much needed innovation to the discrete manufacturing
industry.

According to Frank Azzolino, President and CEO of aPriori, "For today's companies to
remain agile, they require real-time visibility to cost-critical information for the
many important decisions that impact costs prior to product delivery. This
visibility must be immediate, available in a commonly understood language and
accessible to all who impact costs in the process across the enterprise."



Based in Concord, MA, aPriori (www.apriori.com) is the technology leader providing
innovative cost management solutions to the discrete manufacturing industry.
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 truly enables
"Cost Knowledge Before it Matters."



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

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