Released on = July 7, 2006, 9:49 am

Press Release Author = John Busa

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = aPriori Receives "Powered by SAP Netweaver" Certification

Press Release Body = aPriori, the technology leader providing cost management
software solutions for the discrete part manufacturing industry, today announced
that its aPriori v4.0 Cost Management Software Platform has recently received the
\"Powered by SAP NetWeaver®\" certification for its tight integration with SAP® Web
Application Server, as well as the SAP Enterprise Portal 6.0, both components of the
SAP NetWeaver open integration and application platform.

The aPriori v4.0 Cost Management Software Platform provides real-time, predictive
cost assessments throughout the entire product development and delivery process.
aPriori v4.0 enables designers and engineers, manufacturing engineers and planners,
purchasing and sourcing professionals, cost managers, and program/project management
to make better decisions to reduce, avoid, and recover product costs. aPriori\'s
solutions enable manufacturing companies to measurably reduce their Costs-of-Goods
Sold (COGS) by whole percentages by identifying quantifiable savings in material,
tooling, labor and overhead while evaluating alternative designs, manufacturing
processes, and vendor sources.

aPriori's integration with SAP NetWeaver enables usage in SAP Web Application
Server-based environments. Additionally, aPriori's Cost management Software Platform
supports pre-built iView software for integration with the SAP Enterprise Portal.
The aPriori iView provides access to product cost and procurement functionality in
the aPriori Cost Management platform. This functionality allows users to compare the
costs of alternative manufacturing scenarios for their products. Supporting
single-sign-on and role-based access, the aPriori iView allows appropriate users to
view all products in the aPriori cost management database and all available
manufacturing scenarios. Each of these scenarios has a detailed breakdown of
estimated costs and can be used when making important engineering and manufacturing
product cost decisions.

\"The tight integration between the aPriori Cost Management Software Platform and the
SAP NetWeaver platform compliment each other and provide an innovative enterprise
environment for addressing the product cost management needs of our customers,\" said
Frank V. Azzolino, president and CEO of aPriori. \"All user communities who impact
and manage cost can now have access to aPriori product cost information at the point
when and where critical cost related decisions are made including from within their
SAP environment."

About aPriori
Based in Concord, MA, aPriori 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 patented 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."


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and in several other countries all over the world.





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

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