Case Study: Thompson Aero Seating achieves 40% savings on top machined parts with aPriori

How Thompson Aero Empowered Supplier Negotiation With Should Costs

Thompson Aero Seating, an aerospace manufacturer, needed a faster way to identify high-cost parts and uncover savings opportunities for supplier negotiations. Using aPriori’s should-cost analysis tools, including aPriori Manufacturing Insights, the company aimed to replace slow, labor-intensive cost evaluation methods with more automated, data-driven analysis.

aPriori implemented automated bulk-cost analysis to assess Thompson Aero Seating’s top-50 most expensive machined parts and generate detailed should-cost estimates across 87 global regions. The result was a 40% savings on those top parts, while also helping teams set target costs, flag designs that exceeded thresholds, and make faster, more fact-based sourcing decisions.

Thompson Aero Seating

Paul Mulholland

Business Systems Engineer