Case Study: Eaton cuts product design time by up to 87% with aPriori

Eaton’s Generative AI Cuts Product Design Time by 87 Percent

Eaton, a $23.2B intelligent power management company with 92,000 employees, faced long product development lead times driven by complex, cross-functional requirements (thermal, electrical, mechanical, optical, manufacturing), rising product complexity, margin pressure, and sustainability mandates. Traditional manual design cycles often took months, delaying customers’ product launches and harming time to market and cash flow.

To solve this, Eaton built a generative AI workflow grounded in aPriori cost and manufacturability data plus model-based simulation, running thousands of design iterations in minutes and validating top options with high‑fidelity simulation and engineering review. The result: design time cut by up to 87% (an automated lighting fixture from ~16 weeks to 2 weeks), an 80% weight reduction on a heat exchanger, a 65% faster high‑speed gear design, and plans to double new product output while lowering costs and accelerating time to market.

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Uyiosa Abusomwan

Senior Global Technology Manager of Digital Design and Engineering