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Zebra Technologies to Implement aPriori For Product Cost Management

^{Published on 2010-07-28 06:11:01 - Market Wire}
 

CONCORD, Mass.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--aPriori today announced that Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA), a provider of on-demand printer and state-of-the-art software and hardware solutions, has selected the aPriori [ Product Cost Management ] software platform to provide real-time product cost assessments throughout its entire product development lifecycle.

"Without visibility to cost during the design cycle, we have no insight into which changes created the additional cost."

aPrioria™s revolutionary cost management capabilities empower organizations to identify quantifiable savings in material, tooling, labor and overhead when evaluating alternative designs, manufacturing processes and suppliers. With access to real-time cost assessments throughout the product development process, employees in engineering, sourcing and manufacturing make better decisions that drive significant costs out of products pre- and post-production.

aDuring our product development process, we need to understand how the natural evolution of design concepts affects cost. Often times, we receive a quote on a preliminary design and one on the final design which is much higher,a said Jim Butzen, Director of Advanced Feature Development at Zebra Technologies. aWithout visibility to cost during the design cycle, we have no insight into which changes created the additional cost.a

aZebra Technologies is a progressive, forward-thinking company,a said Stephanie Feraday, aPrioria™s President and CEO. aaPrioria™s capability to instantly tell an engineer the cost of any design tradeoff decision is perfectly suited for their fast-paced environment where time-to-market and maintaining profit margins are critically important. Zebra joins a growing list of companies in the electronics and high technology markets that are deploying aPriori to gain visibility to cost and reduce product cost.a

aNow, with aPriori, we will know the cost impact of every tradeoff decision we make at the exact moment we consider the change. This will allow us to consciously accept the change or evaluate a more cost-effective alternative. We believe that having aPriori on each engineera™s desktop will significantly improve our ability to hit target costs, and ultimately improve our profitability,a Butzen added.

About Zebra Technologies

Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA) provides the broadest range of innovative technology solutions to identify, track, and manage the deployment of critical assets for improved business efficiency. Zebraa™s products include reliable on-demand printer and state-of-the-art software and hardware solutions utilizing a wide array of automatic identification technologies. By enabling improvements in sourcing, visibility, security and accuracy, Zebra helps its customers to put the right asset in the right place at the right time. Zebra serves more than 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies worldwide. For more information about Zebra's solutions, visit [ http://www.zebra.com ].

About aPriori

aPriori software and services generate hard-dollar product cost savings for discrete manufacturing and product innovation companies. Using aPrioria™s [ real-time product cost assessments ], employees in engineering, sourcing and manufacturing make more-informed decisions that drive costs out of products pre- and post-production. With aPriori, manufacturers launch products at cost targets, maximize savings in re-work projects and never overpay for sourced parts.

To learn more about aPriori and its product cost management solutions and services, visit [ www.apriori.com ] or call 1.978.371.2006. To see an overview demonstration of aPriori, [ click here ].

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