Faced with dynamic market changes and competitive threats, manufacturers are broadening their focus from execution within a single facility or factory to manage operations across a global supply network. One goal is improved asset management and synchronization in a time when material and energy costs, variable demand, and globalization are forcing manufacturers to attain needed decision flexibility in their pursuit of profits and growth.

AberdeenGroup, a Harte-Hanks Company, recently surveyed a wide range of manufacturing executives and managers to gauge their responses as they shift focus from single site or single functional technologies to global operations in a dynamic market place.

Apriso, the sponsor of today’s podcast, provides leading global manufacturers Manufacturing Operations Management solutions that deliver agility at the enterprise level through real-time global visibility and control down to - and across - globally dispersed “shop floors.” This empowers manufacturers to better observe and address in real-time potential operations, quality or regulatory compliance issues. And, in combination with a manufacturer’s ERP system, Apriso provides customers better forecasts of operations to improve financial performance plans while accelerating return on ERP investments.

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Manufacturing Operations Management-The next generation of manufacturing systems. The Manufacturing Execution System (MES) has outlived its original definition. Faced with dynamic market changes and competitive threats, manufacturers are broadening their focus from execution within a single facility / factory to manufacturing operations management across the supply network.”

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www.apriso.com

Matthew Littlefield
Research Analyst
AberdeenGroup


Kevin Parker
Editorial Director
Manufacturing Business Technology