DECEMBER 2015MANUFACTURINGTECHNOLOGYINSIGHTS.COM6 ERP has come a long way from its origins as just a production planning tool for manufacturers. The consistent pressure to produce best quality products and deliver them on time to customers have majorly influenced this evolution. With eco-nomic volatility, shortage of skilled labors, market governance, and compliance mandates ruling the manufacturing landscape, today's ERPs must not only address the challenges but also should have the ability to anticipate future ones to build an agile manufacturing envi-ronment. By offering best support practices for multi mode manufacturers in a broad range of industries, ERP systems have so far made manufactur-ing processes leaner and more efficient. Meanwhile, today, these ERP systems are being knocked around by the same cloud, social, mobile and big-data winds that are sweeping through the rest of the IT world. Manufacturers are already taking advantage of cloud deployment and mobility of these ERP systems to automate the shop floor, streamline operations, address customization requirements and manage compli-cated supply chains. These systems further enable real-time management of manufactur-ing, distribution and supply chain operations. As a result, the manu-facturers are gaining flexibilities needed to accommodate any work-flow, implement social collaboration, and add new capabilities with changing requirements. As the monolithic ERP system is breaking down into pieces often from multiple vendors and increasingly, delivered from the cloud, our goal with this special edition is to help manufacturers discover best-of-breed ERP system providers who can unleash unforeseen oppor-tunities and cost savings for their clients. This special edition blends thought-leadership from subject matter experts with real stories on what selected vendors are doing for their clients, including exclusive insights from CIOs and CXOs.Let us know your thoughts. Laura DavisEditor-in-ChiefManufacturingTechnology InsightsWrite to useditor@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.com EditorialCopyright © 2015 Manufacturing Technology Insights, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permis-sion from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher as-sumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, pho-tographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.DECEMBER - 2015Mailing AddressValley Media, Inc. 44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.936.8381, F:510-894.8405 Decem-ber - 2015, Vol 01- Issue 12 Published by Valley Media, Inc. To subscribe to Manufacturing Technology InsightsVisit www.manufacturingtechnologyinsights.com Editor-in-ChiefLaura DavisEditorial StaffSalesVisualizerMichael WilliamsRuben Philipruben@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.com Ava GarciaImmanuel SpearsMichelle WilsonPeter ThomasTECHNOLOGY INSIGHTSTECHNOLOGY INSIGHTSJoshua Parker
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