Released on = April 24, 2006, 5:03 am

Press Release Author = John Busa

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = Director of Business Development is Central to Cost
Management Platform by aPriori Technologies

Press Release Body = Eric Arno Hiller is a co-founder and Director of Business
Development with aPriori Technologies, based in Concord, MA. aPriori
(www.apriori.com) is the technology leader providing innovative cost management
solutions to the discrete manufacturing industry. This cost information leverages
existing information and data systems in a single cost platform, captures company
specific costing practices, and makes this information available across the
enterprise and accessible by any user in the organization.

Hiller architected the aPriori software in 1996 during the early work with the first
customer and led the company from its founding to its first round of funding. Prior
to aPriori, Hiller was Product Manager/Systems Engineer for five years at Ford Motor
Company where he was involved in the new product introduction cycle from early
research and development, through manufacturing launch. While at Ford, Hiller was
responsible for defining and delivering all financing and technical targets for the
driveline and axles of the 2004 F-150 pick-up truck, including the systems,
sourcing, and team management of supplier and Ford personnel who ultimately
delivered the system. Hiller\'s previous experience includes roles at Procter &
Gamble in manufacturing, John Deere in design, and 3i, PLC in venture capital.
Hiller holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MS and BS in Mechanical
Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

The cost management platform uses innovative, patent protected technologies, and is
capable of using design information driven off of MCAD geometry. Additionally the
ability to model production facilities (including machine capabilities, raw
materials, and facility cost structure) and the specific cost accounting
methodologies, accurate predictive, allow “forward looking” real time cost
estimates.

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 = John Busa
aPriori
www.aPriori.com
978-371-2006
jbusa@apriori.com