aPriori 2021 R1 includes a terminology change which broadly affects all aPriori cost models, cloud applications, and administrative modules:

This is simply a terminology change. GUI controls and dialogs previously labelled “VPE” now are labelled “Digital Factory”. A Digital Factory continues to represent a manufacturing facility with the capability to make various commodity types (process groups), with a specific set of manufacturing routings, machines, and materials, at specified labor rates, machine overhead rates, and material rates. However, the change is terminology is pervasive and familiar fields, menu options, and dialogs now will have different names. For example, as shown below, the Cost Guide now includes a field to select a Digital Factory. The users at a company who oversee administering their virtual factory data now will use the Digital Factory Manager tool within the Digital Factory Toolset to do so. If you are having trouble locating a familiar field or menu option within the application user interface or finding information in the Help documentation, be sure to look for “Digital Factory” rather than “VPE” or “Virtual Production Environment”.

The user interface and documentation for the Wire Harness cost module still refers “Virtual Production Environment” or “VPE”. Similarly, aspects of Cost Insight Admin, Cost Insight Report, and Cost Insight Connect still refer to “Virtual Production Environment” or “VPE”. These will be updated to refer to “Digital Factory” in an upcoming service pack release.