Likelihood to Recommend From my experience aPriori is a classical algorithm in data mining. It is used for mining frequent itemsets and relevant association rules. Also, it is devised to operate on a database containing a lot of transactions, for instance, items brought by customers in a store. Whereas aPriori requires high computation if the itemsets are very large and the minimum support is kept very low and the entire database needs to be scanned.
Read full review Aras PLM works for our company, yet I don't have experience with any other software system. The system does not refresh and update quickly. Often times users need to force a refresh or logout and logon to verify changes and updates. The Lock and Unlock feature needs getting used to.
Read full review Pros Sheet Metal-Process Group, Transfer Die is at the Best, which gives detailed operation setup for the Parts as well as shows the number of parts in the Sheet i.e nested Loop thereby reducing the Scrap as well (Scrap Management) Forging-Steel: Very good for for medium and complex medium Hot Forging type parts. Machine overhead data is very detailed where facts are used for the negotiation i.e Electricity Rate, Power, Labour Rate, Maintenance rate, etc. Surface Treatment / Other Secondary Process such as powder coating, wet coat, electro plating: These all work well. We can also use masking options the treatment, In the event of of any leak tests or X-Ray inspections, we can add the process which will then account the pre/post operation time for the treatments 2-Model Machining: Machines and routing combinations are huge and can be used to determine the most economic way to produce these parts. We can also override to find the supplier methodology and cost. It gives very detailed information on the feed rate, speed rate, and power capacity. Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerating (GD&T) can be added on the GCD's which will help detect the super finishing process, which is another advantage. In the current 2016 R2 SP, aPriori can detect it from the CAD Models Design to Cost feature, provides the design engineers as well as cost engineers to understand the which feature take most cycle time and whether changing that feature reduces the complexity in machining thereby cycle time can be reduced Read full review Aras PLM definitely controls documents and provides the approval levels needed to be compliant. Aras PLM makes organizing and structuring libraries logical and intuitive. The search tools in Aras PLM provides quick and efficient access to documents Read full review Cons Customization of the cost logic is tricky. Full products costing & process involved in the proprietary parts are less or not available for costing Sheet metal logics for costing may be improved. Focus on Electronics Cost models Electronics - Component Costings Read full review Aras PLM uses terms and labels that can be confusing like Subsystem / Subsystem Version, Project Record Number (PRN). Companies need to understand these terms and develop business processes to set user standards. I personally use Aras PLM to manage information technology project documents. In my opinion, Aras PLM is more geared to product and engineering. I would like to see a general project management Aras PLM version with terms and labels that I am familiar with. The description field should be made required. Many of our engineers have created records and left that blank because it was not required. This would help with the context or background of each record. Read full review Likelihood to Renew Not to Lose the Position of Product Cost Management Importance Make Costing Simple and Ease Traceablitlity of Previous Costed Helps Design Engineers to actually look for the Which Feature contributes for the Most Cycle Time and help Design Engineers to re-design the CAD Model and look for the changes in the Cycle Time and the Machining parameters Interactive Cost Insight Read full review Our company is moving from repositories like
IBM Notes , MS Sharepoint, and plain network file share directories to a more controlled system of recordd like Aras PLM.
Read full review Usability I'm fairly happy with the product. My company appreciates the ability to customize the software, as well as manage our own data points for costs, machines, and materials. The coding aspect is not too difficult as well, though there are some issues with the availability of some information that could be improved.
Tony Molica Senior Cost Research Analyst, Global Cost Research
Read full review Support Rating Overall, I'm generally satisfied with the response and results that I get from aPriori support. They are intuitive, and try to understand what it is I'm trying to do, or how the problem is affecting me or my organization. They also are very available across the globe, as my team is located in multiple regions.
Tony Molica Senior Cost Research Analyst, Global Cost Research
Read full review Implementation Rating aPriori team helped a lot for the implementation, as they were on remote and helping for the file run and implementing the same on remote. aPriori team extrended full support for the implementation resolving the bottleneck and bugs if any during installing the software's also, they provide professional services in order to resolve some technical issue
Read full review Alternatives Considered aPriori is covering a lot of different processes instead of being an expert in only one. It can read geometric [information] directly from the CAD file so there's no need for manual entry or the risk of a mistake that comes with that. It provides data in a lot of different regions around the world this keeping the data up to date.
Read full review Our company developed numerous IBM
Lotus Notes databases to perform document control. Aras PLM is the better choice to
IBM Notes databases and home grown databases.
Read full review Return on Investment It improved our business model and strategies. Provided get analytics for future view. The main negative impact is that it is costly, a waste of time to hold a vast number of candidate sets with many frequent itemsets, low minimum support, or large itemsets. Read full review Aras PLM has kept our company compliant and on the right side of audits with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Aras PLM keeps our project document history readily available and works well without stage gate review and approval processes. Read full review ScreenShots aPriori Technologies Screenshots —