Case Study: Signify achieves 10x procurement automation and cost transparency with aPriori

Signify Uses aPriori to Drive Procurement Digitalization

Signify, the global leader in lighting with 37,000 employees and €6+ billion in revenue, set out to digitize procurement by expanding its “should cost” analysis capacity eightfold to secure the best cost, quality, and availability across a vast product portfolio. Manual, inconsistent cost estimates were time-consuming and limited the team’s ability to challenge bids, negotiate with suppliers, and scale procurement impact.

Signify deployed aPriori’s cloud-based digital manufacturing simulation so buyers can upload a 3D CAD file and receive automated should-cost reports and detailed breakdowns with minimal effort, easily attachable to RFQs. The standardized, automated approach scaled throughput from roughly 1,000 to 10,000+ parts per year, increased cost transparency, focused efforts on high-impact outliers, and paved the way to extend modeling into R&D and sustainability initiatives.

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