Best Apriori Podcasts (2025)

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Database Technology to Improve Financial KPIs 9:15

10d ago9:15

9:15

Manufacturing operations create massive amounts of data. To use that data to improve financial KPIs it takes a single verifiable version of truth that every person can access and understand.By aPriori

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How Will Tariffs Change Your Supply Chain? 13:57

1M ago13:57

13:57

Given the tariffs announced last week, it’s unlikely that any supply chain moving forward in 2025 will look like it did in 2024. The question is: how will tariffs impact your supply chain? To help us make sense of this information, today’s podcast features an expert who has his ear to the ground when it comes to supply chain challenges and what sma…

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Mitigating the Impact of Tariffs – Your Questions Answered 48:07

2M ago48:07

48:07

Everyone in sourcing, procurement, and manufacturing has questions about tariffs. Not only will they impact my bottom line, but how do I know which of my products are impacted? And how do I make the right decisions about my supply chain with the minimum amount of disruption and the best chance of resilience in the future? Today, two experts will di…

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The Risks of Doing Procurement As Usual 15:40

2M ago15:40

15:40

Procurement teams can't solve today's challenges of changing tariffs, rising materials prices, and shrinking time windows, if their best tool is email and excel. In this third conversation between LightSource CEO Spencer Penn and aPriori’s director of product Marketing, Chris Jeznach, we hear what’s missing from the current procurement model in mos…

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What Stops Sourcing and Engineering Teams from Achieving ROI together? 12:09

3M ago12:09

12:09

For manufacturers who want to reduce cost, improve performance, and bring innovative products to market, sourcing and engineering teams should be a match made in heaven. Sourcing can help engineering avoid costly redesigns by sharing what’s possible to make in today’s market, while engineering can help sourcing get a head start in finding the suppl…

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Procurement Best Practices from Tesla and Beyond 14:02

3M ago14:02

14:02

Procurement teams can learn from early successes and failures at Tesla, especially when it comes to trade-off analysis and early collaboration between design, sourcing, and suppliers. In this podcast, LightSource CEO Spencer Penn talks about trade-offs at Tesla between cost, performance, and risk.By aPriori

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Fix Tomorrow’s Labor Shortage Today 10:52

4M ago10:52

10:52

To solve the labor shortage, manufacturing companies must re-brand as great places to work for a diverse group of workers including women and GenZ. What does it really take to attract, train, and grow a workforce that includes workers from a diversity of backgrounds? And what can manufacturers do today to make sure we’re ready for that labor market…

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The Cost of Offshoring for US Manufacturing 10:41

4M ago10:41

10:41

When you think about offshoring, restoring, or nearshoring, you’re probably thinking about cost. Certainly, the cost of labor and energy is a primary deciding factor when it comes to offshoring, restoring, or neashoring decisions. But what about the hidden costs of offshoring? This is a subject our guest knows a lot about. John Gardner writes about…

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Engineering Velocity: How to Make it to Market without Cost Creep 11:30

5M ago11:30

11:30

What does it take to balance high product development velocity with cost efficiency? In this Executive Talk podcast we hear from Hank Marcy, Former VP Global Product Technology, Whirlpool Corporation, about how he employed a modular strategy and smart tools like aPriori to keep costs down and velocity high.…

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The 2 Biggest Challenges Facing Manufacturing in 2025 15:53

6M ago15:53

15:53

In 2025 manufacturers are facing pressure from all sides: Inflation Labor shortages Fluctuating materials prices Uncertainty about the future of tariffs All impacting decisions for offshoring or nearshoring This is a perfect moment, in other words, to reconsider strategy and make sure you have the insights you need to make crucial strategic decisio…

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Flatten the Tech Stack 9:56

6M ago9:56

9:56

When tech architecture is decades out of date, manufacturers end up with a tech stack that costs a lot and delivers little. All this can change with smart AI solutions. Mike Bowers is Chief Architect at FairCom where he helps companies reduce costs in their manufacturing processes by finding the right technological solutions to solve their biggest …

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Is The Promise of Industry 4.0 Too Good to Be True? 9:29

7M ago9:29

9:29

We talk about technology adoption within the manufacturing industry as if it's a magic elixir. With the right digitization effort and the right insights platform, we say that manufacturers can lower their cost, decrease design errors, speed time to market, maybe even get CO2 under control. But is that true? Or is it all too good to be true? My gues…

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Exec Talk: Why Is It So Hard to Bring Products to Market on Time? 7:39

8M ago7:39

7:39

If you want to make meaningful progress towards key targets, whether that's profit margins, production cycles, or sustainability goals, you need to be humble about where you went wrong in the past and find the right insights to bridge the information gap for your decisions moving forward. In this second installment of aPriori's executive talk serie…

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Exec Talk: aPriori and the Map of Product Development Technologies 16:03

8M ago16:03

16:03

In today's climate of increasing competition and decreasing time to hit an ever-shrinking target, the obsession of every executive must be: How can technology help me? How can the latest smart software and solutions help my company do more with less, reduce errors, and get more value from our data? Here on the Manufacturing Insights Podcast, we tho…

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How Much Profit Is Wasted By Design Delays? 8:58

9M ago8:58

8:58

Time is money, but for manufacturers designing and releasing new products to the market, how much money is it really worth to be on time? Or put another way, what is the real cost of delays when it comes to design engineering? Matt Mullan is the Senior Director of Cost Model Development at aPriori. He comes from decades of experience in aerospace e…

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Industrial AI Update 10:01

10M ago10:01

10:01

Get the update on the adoption of AI within the manufacturing industry, from an expert in Industrial AI. Bryan DeBois is the director of industrial AI at RoviSys, where he helps manufacturers realize the value from incorporating AI into their industrial processes.By aPriori

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The Power of Shifting Left in Product Design 10:51

11M ago10:51

10:51

Shifting left in product design empowers teams to make informed decisions early in the development process, significantly impacting cost, manufacturability, and sustainability. Using a digital copilot, designers can access expert insights and real-time data, enhancing their ability to create more efficient and effective products, thereby reducing d…

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Racing to Agile Product Design 11:21

12M ago11:21

11:21

From students designing innovative electric vehicles, to worldwide automotive manufacturers, all teams benefit from an agile approach to product design. In KA-RaceIng the most brilliant engineering students and the most innovative technology companies come together to produce amazing automobiles and learning opportunities all around. The guest on t…

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Saving 15% in Procurement Cost 5:33

1y ago5:33

5:33

With experience in both design engineering and procurement, Chad Wicklund knows how smart design feedback can reduce cost early in sourcing.By aPriori

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A Consultant's Advice on Change Management 18:16

1y ago18:16

18:16

For manufacturers to truly take advantage of digital transformation, they not only need good software solutions, they need a change management strategy to ensure that business processes and the people involved with them adapt at an equal rate to technological change. Many large manufacturers look to consulting services to help with process optimiza…

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Change Management in Engineering 11:12

1y ago11:12

11:12

One of the most challenging tasks of engineering leaders is to roll out the adoption of a new process or technology. A lot can be said about right and wrong ways to push for change. In this podcast we talk about some of those best practices, and mistakes to avoid when it comes to change management. But change doesn't happen in a vacuum. If change i…

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Supply Chain Sustainability 7:46

1y ago7:46

7:46

With twin goals of achieving science-based targets for Scope 3, and saving millions of dollars annually, sourcing and procurement specialists are learning how to use smart manufacturing insights to reduce scrap at their suppliers.By aPriori

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Hitting Sustainability Goals with aPriori and PTC 15:18

1y ago15:18

15:18

The commitment to environmental sustainability is rippling through the manufacturing world, from lifecycle management initiatives, to promises on behalf of executives to reduce the carbon footprint of their products. But it takes smart tools to give manufacturers the kind of data they need to evaluate real trade-offs between cost, carbon and design…

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The Digital Thread Makes Supply Chain Sustainable 9:46

1y ago9:46

9:46

Digitization makes it possible to analyze carbon footprint across the supply chain. So why are only 50% of manufacturers ready with a digital thread? The COVID-19 pandemic brought into focus the need for digital tools to manage supply chains, preferably tools with intelligent analytics capabilities that look out for cost savings and manage risk in …

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How Design for Manufacturing saves $Millions 13:02

1+ y ago13:02

13:02

Design for Manufacturing and Design for Assembly deliver real cost savings in addition to product improvements.By aPriori

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Peter Zeihan: Is it the End of the World? 17:22

1+ y ago17:22

17:22

Geopolitical strategist and bestselling author Peter Zeihan brings a unique perspective on how geopolitical risks are re-shaping the world economy, and what that means for global manufacturing. In this interview we discuss: The long-term labor crisis, and whether reshoring will help manufacturers solve the labor problem. 3 reasons to bring manufact…

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Alstom Aligns Cost and Design with aPriori 11:08

1+ y ago11:08

11:08

Continuous improvements come from linking design, cost engineering, and procurement in one insights platform. In this podcast, Vincent Bigot, the Director of Design to Cost at Alstom, explains Alstom's dynamic strategy, which brings together the cost engineering team and the design engineering organization through shared data in aPriori.…

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Digital Twinning in Manufacturing is Winning 7:33

1+ y ago7:33

7:33

For companies to win with digital transformation, they must expand digital twins to include digital process twins and digital factory twins. aPriori's CEO offers a case study in success with digital twinning.By aPriori

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AI and Process Digitization 16:33

1+ y ago16:33

16:33

Artificial Intelligence can’t be used for profit until your core manufacturing processes are digitized and made available to deep learning.By aPriori

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AI-Powered Product Design 14:16

1+ y ago14:16

14:16

The rise of AI-driven modeling tools has some people in manufacturing scrambling to understand the impact of artificial intelligence and wondering how the product design process will change as a result. Over the past year we have seen in real-time user-friendly AI tools such as ChatGPT from OpenAI and AI image generation from midjourney disrupt the…

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Can LCA data help us design and manufacture more sustainable products? 13:46

1+ y ago13:46

13:46

The manufacturing world today is feeling the impact of new environmental regulations. There's CSRD, the corporate sustainability reporting Directive, and the CSDD corporate sustainability due diligence directive, which put manufacturers in the hot seat for reporting and planning their carbon output. Then there's the international sustainability sta…

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What is Cost Engineering? 12:14

1+ y ago12:14

12:14

What does a cost engineer do? What's the hardest part of the job for a cost engineer? And how can SaaS costing solutions help?By aPriori

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Barriers to Change in Engineering 11:57

1+ y ago11:57

11:57

Barriers to change stop engineers from innovating. New technology can help change management. If you talk to any of the top management in large engineering organizations, they will undoubtedly say that they want to push their decision-makers and engineering to adopt more streamlined work processes, to do more with less. They want their frontline en…

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Procurement Software to Reduce Cost and Carbon 9:08

1+ y ago9:08

9:08

The procurement process in recent years has evolved way beyond simple purchase orders and pricing tables. Today's dynamic supply chain calls for innovative end-to-end solutions, that pair the best procurement software with an awareness of the business processes of your individual procurement team, and how they help the company achieve cost savings …

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Augmented Reality and Manufacturing 6:35

2y ago6:35

6:35

What is Augmented Reality? And what does it mean for manufacturing? The term augmented reality describes a range of apps, wearable devices, and interfaces that bring the virtual world, and any relevant information it contains, into the real world where it can be used in real time. You might be familiar with ar apps such as pokemon go or other video…

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Safeguarding the Future with Model Based Definition 9:41

2y ago9:41

9:41

Model-Based Definition or MBD can fundamentally transform how we visualize and understand design intent, by adding new dimensions to 2D drawings and pushing the boundaries of 3D CAD models. Learn how to get your organization to realize the benefits of MBD to bring GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing), tolerance analysis, annotations, and e…

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Manufacturing’s Labor Shortage 9:01

2y ago9:01

9:01

Since the pandemic, the number of open jobs in the manufacturing industry has exceeded the number of available workers. We all know this. The question is how to fix the worker shortage, or even just how to react to the new shape of the labor market as interest rates fluctuate and companies find it difficult to both find enough workers and provide t…

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Technology Adoption Drives Return on Investment in Digital Transformation 6:13

2y ago6:13

6:13

One of the biggest challenges of change management is getting team member buy-in for new technology. This has been even more true since the pandemic sent workers remote and workforces are no longer in person to rally around new technology onboarding or celebrate the wins of early adopters. In this moment of technological change, how can you ensure …

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How to Find ROI with PLM 9:15

2y ago9:15

9:15

Getting a return on investment from your PLM solution means focusing on the right metrics and pushing change management throughout the organization. Chris Morris, Chief Customer Officer at aPriori, explains what return on investment means for product lifecycle management.By aPriori

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What's New with PTC Creo 7:49

2y ago7:49

7:49

With aPriori design engineers can now get DFM, DTC, and CO2 insights directly in PTC Creo. This user case study explains how.By aPriori

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What is Digital Strategy? 8:26

2y ago8:26

8:26

Digital strategy drives quantifiable results for manufacturers, from process optimization to improved customer experience to new revenue streams. This consultant has analyzed the case studies and come up with 4 criteria for a winning digital strategy.By aPriori

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Supplier Collaboration 5:37

2y ago5:37

5:37

Supply chain disruptions and the fluctuations in raw materials prices mean that unless you have collaborative supplier relationships, you’re not going to have any. Learn how collaboration efforts pay off in win-win profits.By aPriori

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Supply Chain Carbon Footprint 7:06

2y ago7:06

7:06

Calculating the carbon footprint of your supply chain is key to reducing the environmental impact of your products.By aPriori

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Design to Value For Product Development 7:55

2y ago7:55

7:55

Software can speed up value creation exponentially when engineers and cross-funtional teams take a design to value or DTV approach to product development.By aPriori

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Technology for Sustainable Agriculture 13:04

2y ago13:04

13:04

The new technology requirements for sustainable agriculture extend past tractors into digital solutions for tracking carbon and reducing cost. Sam Freesmeyer of AGCO talks about the challenges of breaking down silos (the bad kind) and how companies can plow ahead when it comes to innovation.By aPriori

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Neurodivergence in Engineering 4:59

2y ago4:59

4:59

Embracing neurodivergence can help engineering teams perceive new patterns in data and improve business results.By aPriori

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Supply Chain Strategy 10:13

2y ago10:13

10:13

In the age of materials shortages and supply chain disruptions, a good supply chain strategy means partnering with suppliers to share vital information. A former supplier turned consultant shares how.By aPriori

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Cost Projection as Competitive Advantage 11:02

2y ago11:02

11:02

What if your costing solution wasn't adjacent to your business processes, but a core part of what made your company competitive? Mike Perrott from Flex shares his experience.By aPriori

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Hiring Labor for Digital Transformation -- Thad Price, CEO, Talroo 8:48

2y ago8:48

8:48

Digital technology can help manufacturers right-size the labor force and to deliver manufacturing a workforce that’s ready for digital transformation.By aPriori

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Sustainable Production Software 7:11

2+ y ago7:11

7:11

Manufacturers who are serious about sustainable production need a robust solution that reveals sustainability problems before any parts are produced.By aPriori

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