Failure in complex parts, need to check the logics manually.

The software helps you understand the cost drivers for your particular part so when you send your design out for quoting you can tell if the bids are the best or if further refinement is needed.

The ability to understand true cost for any negotiation is a plus.

Also the integration of software with the existing modeling tool is quite useful and easy to fetch the results for appropriate data.

So far very good and the tech mentoring for our company has been great.

A great tool for Purchasing to understand the details of cost breakdown and negotiate with suppliers on arguable parameters.

We have accomplished some successful cases with products ending in cost reduction negotiation. It is primordial to work together in order to get beneficial results.

The tool sometimes takes longer time to cost a component, lags while connecting to server. This will get worse as the complexity increases.

It struggles with parts containing tight GD&T. And when upgrading to a new version, it is a challenge to get up and running quickly.

There are sometimes editing features that can be a little difficult to access, if they are not used frequently.

This is a great tool for costing parts and tools. Great integration with other CAD tools.

Cost avoidance and estimation. DFMA reports very useful for Purchasing for their negotiations.

APriori has proven to be a very powerful tool with a lot of potential going forward. The support teams have generally been very helpful.

Like i said, it helped up to redure our quote time and it have improved our cost reduction skills.

I really like to customization capability. Someone without a programming background can easily edit and build their own cost models.

Problems when selecting welding joints. Problem to understand the formulas and calculations for the cost structures.

It's easy to use, easy to understand the processes and easy to make changes in a  great diversity of commodities.

Overall experience with apriori is very good, its very advanced costing tool and every-time whenever i go through their helping doc.

Good & Useful but still there is a scope for development.

It is also very helpful to distinguish between cycle time and setup time as this helps to highlight part volume as a cost driver.

There can be problems when extracting the tolerances, which means it has to be done manually.

Definitely it is user friendly if basic training is given to the user to utilize the available options with appropriate instruction.

I like how aPriori is easy to use and the interface is friendly.

DFMA on Extrusion process for some complex geometries is limited.

Very good for simple production processes. More complex production process under evaluation.

Good customization of values. Good auto identifying GCDs.

They have a very talented workforce and the Customer Support is EXCELLENT.

Overall, aPriori would be a great tool for any industry that is looking to excel in industry with right evaluated approach and good understanding of Cost of the product.

A great tool to create the collaboration and transparency between the supplier and  sourcing  to build Robust Supplier relationships.

Also CAD geometry identification is great feature that allows Engineering with limited knowledge of Costing, evaluate the part cost based on design features with good confidence level.

I like the ability to modify details the VPEs and processes to more accurately model unique processes and specific features of complex parts.

Good for accurate calculate, possibility to customize, mass data handling, easy to export, import.

It's great tool we almost now able to do more costing projects which is not earlier by using excel based costing ,great for making supplier based VPE it is saved lot time for quoting.

APriori is a very robust software and capable of intensive customization. It has been relatively easy for me to adjust processes or create new ones based on site requirements.

When discussing parts with engineering and with suppliers, it is incredibly useful to be able to drill down to specific operations and have discussions around tangible times and costs.

Features - the functionality offered in PS Cloud is vast and comprehensive. From project automations to staffing to revenue recognition, it is a complete tool for managing professional services.

This isn't the case sometimes. You can delete the lines off the invoice, but then it becomes hard to see which lines have been invoiced and which haven't.

Very positive experience with an excellent customer service team that seems to be always available.

If you are a Salesforce user this is an excellent integrated solution.

Great future vision product, it has more than I need to manage my team, recruit and track people, leave, benefits, compensation, performance and more. Even better I LOVE the Social Collaboration tool.

I like how you can make it your own. It takes a lot of work to customize it to how you need it to be.

It may have been more of a resistance to change, rather than a solution problem.

Dimensions Feature allows the level of reporting we need to comply with multi-country/currency/project/phase/donor requirements. Very easy to use and to train others to use.

There is almost too much to learn. The overwhelm is consuming.

The software is labour intensive and doesnt work well.

The system consistently slows down after a few days/weeks/months. Sometimes this is due to a FinancialForce upgrade, and sometimes it has been due to bad code written for us by our FF consultant.

The best solution for knowing the health of your company.

It has a nice customer community portal where you can share ideas, log issues etc. Support is great, and if anything does crop up as an issue, they really work hard to get it fixed.

Take the very most basic functions you do, and just have the vendor show it to you. Pay attention while they do so.

Easy to use, found software very intuitive, price point inside needs, integration capable with salesforce.

Great overall platform for gaining visibility to everything PS in a business.

No Country customization. No links to local authorities (VAT, direct tax Returns).

It was one of the first cloud-based accounting packages, and with that has come some architectural decisions that I think they've realized were a mistake, but with every release, they fix these.

It's really nice product and useful and easy to navigate and report the results. I have recommended for several customers too.

Great performance even with big data. Cross company / multicompany mode.

There are multiple ways to do multiple different things, and some ways can cause errors. The only way to know this is to test out different methods and seeing for yourself that the error arose.

Excellent analysis tools and integration with Excel supports our multiple reporting and wider organisational needs.

Great user interface, great support, great at doing finance and accounting reports that tell the story of your company financial health.

I love that the UI is so intuitive and easy to navigate. Their support team is the best and I love the reports that this software is able to produce.

If you have employees and you want to increase performance, this solution is complete. HR departments will thank you, you will save time and headaches.

We Keep using it because a migration would be even more costly. I guess with much more customization it will be great one day.

The process for getting these performance degradation resolved can take weeks, wasting dozens of hours of valuable time.

I love Salesforce, and they have hit the nail on the head yet again with this product. Imagine Salesforce for accounting.

The SCM Module of FinancialForce is fantastic for organizations looking for a plug in to Salesforce that can be customized but also has a lot of fantastic out of the box features.

At some point you will have to decide if the cost is worth the quality. Stuff gets done, but you could easily hire several developers to build similar platforms, or integrate with ohers.

Customer service, financial force has a serious lack of empathy towards thier clients.

Subject to user error, so train employees diligently.

We have been doing for the last 5 months our invoices, collections and the month-end-close with this accounting software and we are pretty happy with everything.

Built on a cloud platform this allows me to manage my accounting in a better way. And the most amazing part is it's available everywhere.

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About aPriori:
We started with a simple idea: create a software platform with embedded product design and manufacturing intelligence to make your job faster and easier. And that starts by having a team of incredible people who know what it’s like to be in your shoes. Now, you can be at the forefront of manufacturing’s digital transformation. We’ll work with you, side-by-side, to completely evolve your business. The time for disruption is here. Welcome to aPriori.

About Our Products:
We talk a lot about creating a digital thread. But what does that mean, exactly? It means using software that connects, virtually, every aspect of your manufacturing process. All it takes is a simple upload of your CAD model. aPriori works in the background to launch a series of manufacturability and costing magic that gives everyone the critical insights they need to meet and exceed business objectives.

aP Professional:
aPriori is helping design and manufacturing teams around the globe create the products of the future. Get actionable insights to improve manufacturability at every stage of your product lifecycle. Simply upload your CAD files into aP Pro and our digital factories will run a detailed simulation of the manufacturing process in a fraction of the time it takes with manual calculation methods. Our goal? Help you to develop innovative new products that meet or exceed customer requirements while at the same time improving your product profitability.

aP Design:
aP Design allows designers to quickly upload and evaluate design variants and different material, process, and sourcing options. Build comparisons and publish the best options for review with the broader team. Your design engineer can access a powerful application which connects to a scalable and cloud-based set of costing, visualization, reporting, and administrative services.  Cost Engineers can then refine results and advise on process and sourcing options. Team leads and other stakeholders in the organization have easy access for review and feedback at any time.

aP Workspace:
aP Workspace is a new coworking application to manage scenario tasks and collaborate seamlessly with internal stakeholders on product cost, manufacturability, and sustainability. aP Workspace provides real-time collaboration and unified product design and manufacturing data in a single environment. Users create scenarios of aPriori analysis and tag colleagues in aP Workspace to pose questions, provide comments, follow up on tasks, and use traceability to understand a project’s evolution. Teams across product engineering, product cost, sourcing, and manufacturing can review product design files (e.g., 3D CAD) and design specifications from any aPriori cloud application in aP Workspace. 

aP Analytics: 
aP Analytics delivers an enterprise-quality BI reporting solution to help your product development team members make critical business decisions in seconds. aP Analytics includes web-based reporting, dashboards, ad hoc analysis, out-of-the-box reports, and an automated export of cost data to a data mart. Identify report authors with your IT team – or work with aPriori Applied Services – to quickly develop customized reports for project tracking, scenario comparison and cost driver analysis.

aP Generate:
aP Generate is a revolutionary new digital manufacturing simulation technology from aPriori that works silently in the background, automatically analyzing your digital twin CAD models every time they are checked into your Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system. No upfront work by the engineer required. The only time the engineer needs to get involved is when a potential manufacturability problem is detected by the system. aP Generate is the ideal automation solution for the entire product development team, starting with design engineering, whether they’ve been designing for four weeks or four decades. 

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