Released on = March 7, 2006, 7:42 am

Press Release Author = John Busa

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = 20:1 Return on Investment from aPriori Cost Management
Platform

Press Release Body = In today\'s business climate, companies can no longer settle for
the promise of soft savings and must demand quantifiable, verifiable and predictable
ROI. Realizing hard savings is only possible if discrete manufacturing companies can
satisfy today\'s demand for a direct and measurable reduction of COGS. Until now,
the direct benefits from these technologies have been difficult to measure and
quantify and are considered by many to be the next in a long history of undelivered
promises.

According to Frank Azzolino, President and CEO of aPriori, "Recent production use
has demonstrated an 8 to 39% cost of goods (COGS) reduction for both new and mature
products and a first year return-on-investment which is greater than 20:1. As
companies grasp the flexibility and scalability of aPriori\'s solution, they will
significantly reduce COGS by accurately assessing and managing costs early enough in
the product development process to affect the critical decisions that impact and
control costs."

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."



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





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

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