Case Study: TE Connectivity achieves double-digit supplier cost reductions with aPriori

How TE Connectivity’s Supplier Relationship Management Drives Savings

TE Connectivity, a global consumer electronics manufacturer, was facing rising supplier costs and market volatility that made it harder to assess whether price increases were justified. Using aPriori’s aP Pro and automation-driven cost analysis, the company needed better visibility into real manufacturing costs to support supplier relationship management (SRM) and improve procurement decisions.

aPriori helped TE Connectivity benchmark costs with real-time scenario comparisons, regional data libraries, and digital factory models, enabling fact-based negotiations with suppliers. The results included rejecting an unreasonable 10% machine-rate increase when only 4% affected the product, reducing raw material costs by 15%, and strengthening negotiations on labor and machine quotes—contributing to double-digit cost reductions and improved bottom-line performance.

TE Connectivity

Sylwia Lambert

Center of Excellence