Manufacturing Innovation Archives | aPriori https://www.apriori.com/tag/manufacturing-innovation/ Fri, 24 Oct 2025 12:47:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.apriori.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Manufacturing Innovation Archives | aPriori https://www.apriori.com/tag/manufacturing-innovation/ 32 32 Closing the Skills Gap: Why AI-Driven Manufacturing Simulation is a Design Engineer’s Best Friend https://www.apriori.com/blog/closing-the-skills-gap-why-ai-driven-manufacturing-simulation-is-a-design-engineers-best-friend/ Tue, 14 Oct 2025 12:00:49 +0000 https://www.apriori.com/?p=66697 Key Takeaways: New hires in engineering and procurement lack critical manufacturing knowledge, and most have yet to set foot in a manufacturing facility. How can they effectively design and procure parts with suppliers? Digital Factories can help engineering and procurement accelerate their understanding of the manufacturing production process, and significantly reduce the knowledge gap left by more experienced workers who ...

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]]> Manufacturing Insights Detroit: A Resounding Success https://www.apriori.com/blog/manufacturing-insights-detroit-a-resounding-success/ Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:28:24 +0000 https://www.apriori.com/?p=66543 The city of Detroit, a beacon of American manufacturing innovation, was recently the host for a landmark event: the Manufacturing Insights Detroit 2025 conference. Held at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center, the two-day event brought together a community of senior leaders in manufacturing, all with a shared goal of leveraging intelligence solutions to drive profitability and streamline New ...

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]]> Bridging the Gap: Unlocking Unprecedented Value Through the Integration of aPriori and PLM Systems https://www.apriori.com/blog/benefits-of-integrating-plm-and-pcm/ Wed, 21 May 2025 21:03:02 +0000 https://www.apriori.com/?p=66070 In today’s fiercely competitive landscape, manufacturers are constantly seeking ways to streamline and optimize their operations, accelerate innovation, and ultimately, deliver superior products at competitive prices.  Two critical software systems lie at the heart of this endeavor: Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Product Manufacturability and Cost Management (PCM). PLM software serves as the single source of truth for all product-related ...

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]]> Nearshoring’s Labor Hurdle: Finding Skilled Workers https://www.apriori.com/blog/nearshorings-labor-hurdle-finding-skilled-workers/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 13:00:59 +0000 https://www.apriori.com/?p=65777 Key Takeaways: Skills Gap is a Major Hurdle: The most significant challenge is the lack of skilled workers with the technical expertise required for modern manufacturing, including robotics, AI, and advanced technologies. Workforce Development is Crucial: To overcome this, manufacturers must invest heavily in workforce development initiatives, such as apprenticeships, on-the-job training, and upskilling programs. Collaboration is Key: Addressing the ...

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]]> 6 Metrics That Will Help Improve Your Engineering Productivity https://www.apriori.com/blog/6-metrics-that-will-help-improve-your-engineering-productivity/ Tue, 26 Nov 2024 13:00:04 +0000 https://www.apriori.com/?p=65637 Key Takeaways: Choose the right engineering metrics that align and optimize each engineering team’s specific benchmarks and outputs, and reduce inefficiencies To measure productivity, sustaining engineering teams should use metrics that compare engineering costs to revenue and deliverables. R&D/NPI teams should use metrics that assess the cost of R&D relative to the value delivered to customers and the potential financial ...

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]]> How ‘Shift Left’ Accelerates Time to Market for Advanced Manufacturing https://www.apriori.com/blog/how-shift-left-accelerates-time-to-market-for-advanced-manufacturing/ Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:00:39 +0000 https://www.apriori.com/?p=65318 Key Takeaways: Product delays can significantly reduce profits, with some setbacks cutting anticipated revenues by 50% Shift-left strategies use Agile methodologies and AI-driven solutions to address cost and risk early in hardware product development The Full Article: Even short product delays can have a long-term impact on revenues and cash flow. The Journal of Management Science estimates that a consumer ...

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]]> 5 Ways a Top Medical Device Company Optimizes PCB Electronics Manufacturing with aPriori https://www.apriori.com/blog/5-ways-a-top-medical-device-company-optimizes-pcb-electronics-manufacturing-with-apriori/ Thu, 10 Oct 2024 12:00:53 +0000 https://www.apriori.com/?p=65275 Key Takeaways: Advancements in cost estimation empower a top medical device company to secure greater savings in PCB electronics manufacturing aPriori’s game-changing manufacturing insights platform helps the company streamline electronics manufacturing, improve business decisions, and cut significant costs The Full Article: For many global medical device manufacturers, optimizing printed circuit board (PCB) electronics manufacturing is essential for launching cost-effective, high-quality ...

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]]> Supply Chain Management in the Age of AI: Unlocking Value at Scale https://www.apriori.com/blog/supply-chain-management-in-the-age-of-ai-unlocking-value-at-scale/ Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:14:13 +0000 https://www.apriori.com/?p=65265 Key Takeaways: AI solutions are on course to make a significant impact on supply chain management Learn how to overcome the challenges of AI adoption and how AI automation is providing new levels of speed and insights for data-driven decision-making  The Full Article: Artificial intelligence (AI) technology represents a significant opportunity to manage the scale, complexity, and real-time insights required ...

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]]> Transform Product Design Review Meetings Into Fast Design Validations https://www.apriori.com/blog/transform-product-design-review-meetings-into-fast-design-validations/ Tue, 17 Sep 2024 12:00:29 +0000 https://www.apriori.com/?p=65124 Key Takeaways: Successful product ideation and concept development require early design validations to eliminate risks and accelerate market entry Implementing aPriori into the new product development process helps teams overcome design review challenges, such as miscommunication, and streamline critical tasks The Full Article: Delays in product design reviews are common in the manufacturing industry. Such delays prolong product launches and ...

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]]> How AI Tools Cut Product Development Costs and Time to Market https://www.apriori.com/blog/how-ai-tools-cut-product-development-costs-and-time-to-market/ Thu, 22 Aug 2024 11:45:07 +0000 https://www.apriori.com/?p=64915 Key Takeaways: Discover how AI enables manufacturers to launch innovative products faster than ever before to increase profits and cash flow Get insights to help move your Gen AI projects out of the pilot phase to transform product development The Full Article: Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform product design and manufacturing by an order of magnitude not ...

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]]> How to Use Gen AI to Accelerate Product Design from Months to Minutes https://www.apriori.com/blog/how-to-use-gen-ai-to-accelerate-product-design-from-months-to-minutes/ Thu, 08 Aug 2024 12:00:55 +0000 https://www.apriori.com/?p=64827 Key Takeaways: Manufacturers are beginning to harness Gen AI for product development – including Eaton, which is cutting product design times by nearly 90% Companies that use actual historical product data and simulated insights to train generative AI models can unlock new levels of product innovation rapidly for a competitive advantage The Full Article: Is your company built to last? ...

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]]> Applying Change Management to Accelerate Time to Market https://www.apriori.com/blog/applying-change-management-to-accelerate-time-to-market/ Tue, 16 Jul 2024 12:00:14 +0000 https://www.apriori.com/?p=64654 Key Takeaways: The change management process requires a well-executed plan to ensure success without impeding time to market AI-powered design and sourcing insights can facilitate more seamless execution while ensuring product manufacturability, profitability, and sustainability The Full Article: Organizational change is never easy – not for the employees or the management team. Moreover, such disruptions can impede productivity and time ...

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