Companies Helped
Who was aPriori's first customer?
John Deere
Who is the CEO of aPriori?
Stephanie Feraday
A network of entities and people that work directly and indirectly to move a good or service from production to the final consumer.
Supply Chain
Going into a meeting/don't have time right now
Absolutely understand, was only looking to take up a minute of your time, do you think you'll have time today at TIME?
DTC
Design to Cost
Which one of aPriori's first customers, were able to reduce their estimate for tooling by 65% and reduce the quote by 25%, and this came after their intended use!
Caterpillar
What is the chat bot on aPriori's website called?
Ori
The process of effectively managing all the data produced by various software applications and all of the inter-departmental workflows as a new design matures from early concept to final production, retirement and ultimately obsolescence.
Product Lifecycle Management
Not the right person/not high enough on the food chain
ask why they aren't the right person, refer to their LinkedIn and say why you reached out specifically, ask for referral as last part of conversation
OEM
Original Equipment Manufacturer
Which customer is a global company specializing in the delivery of transportation solutions across a number of markets, with prominent products including rail cars and locomotives, signaling systems, and rail electrification equipment?
Alstom
How many regions of the world does aPriori have digital factories?
79
Production of distinct items. e.g. Automobiles, furniture, toys, smartphones, and airplanes are the The resulting products are easily identifiable and differ greatly from process manufacturing where the products are undifferentiated.
Discrete Manufacturing
Not looking to buy/have too many irons on the fire
-Completely understand, Is it because you have something in place right now or do you not think there is any value to be had from our solution at COMPANY?
-solution that we provide automates a lot of work, frees up a lot of time to allow your employees to work, automates the cost and manufacturability piece
ECO
Engineering Change Orders
What company was purchased by Geely of China in 2013 and resurrected the iconic black cab?
LEVC (London Electric Vehicle Company)
Who is the one of the founders of aPriori?
Michael Philpott or Eric Arno Hiller
The integrated management of main business processes, often in real time and mediated by software and technology.
Enterprise Resource Planning
Can you send me an email?
Absolutely can do that, is there anything specific you'd like me to include in the email? Ask for a time and date to follow up with them GET THE FFC
Could also ask if they just have a minute for a brief run down (a minute or so)
VAVE
Value Analysis Value Engineering
What company improved win rates from 15% to 68% using aPriori for quoting as well as time-to-quote with a minimum decrease of 35%?
FLEX
What does aPriori mean in Latin?
"from the former"
A computerised method for predicting how a product reacts to real-world forces, vibration, heat, fluid flow and other physical effects.
Finite Element Analysis
Who are you and how did you get my phone number?
Personal Preference
Blame marketing, blame LinkedIn, blame receptionist, frankly doesn't matter just give an excuse and move on to the point of the convo
FAIR
First Article Inspection Report