By R "Ray" Wang on August 9, 2016
Key Supply Chain Planning Functionality Bolsters Manufacturing Cloud Offering On August 9, 2016, Manufacturing Cloud pioneer Plex, announced the acquisition of DemandCaster, a cloud based sales forecasting and inventory planning software provider based outside of Chicago, Illinois. Founder Ara Surenian built DemandCaster from his operational consulting experiences in demand planning, supply planning, and sales and […]
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By Louis Columbus on July 5, 2016
Bottom line: Every manufacturer has the potential to integrate machine learning into their operations and become more competitive by gaining predictive insights into production. Machine learning’s core technologies align well with the complex problems manufacturers face daily. From striving to keep supply chains operating efficiently to producing customized, built- to-order products on time, machine learning […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on August 11, 2015
Infor Moves Towards A Cloud Network Economy With Acquisition Of GT Nexus.
Posted in Business | Tagged Apps Strategy, Charles Phillips, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Constellation Research, Ensw, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, GT Nexus, Infor, inforum, Manhattan Associates, Manufacturing, mergers, Mergers And Acquisitions, network economy, News Analysis, procurement, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, supply chain, supply chain orchestration, suppy chain management, vendor strategy
By Vinnie Mirchandani on July 6, 2015
I am always invigorated when I spend time with Plex executives and customers as I did at its PowerPlex event in Nashville last week. There was a blue collar excitement to the event. Accounting had an industrial engineering flavor with focus on efficiency and waste. HCM was about finding young talent who don’t mind hats […]
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By Vinnie Mirchandani on March 20, 2015
During a plant tour on Wednesday, I was asked if most vendors organized such visits for analysts. I had to confess I have been to data centers, call centers, R&D labs but not to many factory visits. Most ERP vendors have avoided the shop floor like the plague, and certainly would not highlight it on […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged analyst relations, chocolate, Cloud Computing, Cloud ERP, Enterprise resource planning, Industry Commentary, Manufacturing, Plex Systems, SaaS, SaaS ERP, Sanders Chocolate, Shop floor
By Louis Columbus on December 15, 2014
McKinsey & Company recently published How Big Data Can Improve Manufacturing which provides insightful analysis of how big data and advanced analytics can streamline biopharmaceutical, chemical and discrete manufacturing. The article highlights how manufacturers in process-based industries are using advanced analytics to increase yields and reduce costs. Manufacturers have an abundance of operational and shop […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged analytics, Big Data, BigData, Cloud Computing, How Big Data Can Improve Manufacturing, Industrie 4.0, LNS Research, Louis Columbus' blog, Manufacturing, manufacturing industry, McKinsey & Company, MESA International, quality management
By R "Ray" Wang on June 19, 2014
Plex Plays A Key Role In The Digitalization Of Manufacturing Over 900 customers, partners, and Plex Systems gathered at the De Savo Conference Center on Michigan’s West Coast of Grand Rapids for the 13th annual Plex Systems user event. New features and a significant funding round book end the major announcements from the June 10th, […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on May 5, 2014
Management Team Changes Provide A Breath Of Fresh Air To Culture, Customer, and Products Over 4000 customers, prospects, and partners gathered April 27th to 30th for the flagship Epicor customer conference, Insights 14, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event provided the $968M revenue, 20,000 customer, Austin based software company […]
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By Vinnie Mirchandani on November 25, 2013
4 years ago, in The New Polymath, I quoted Jeff Immelt, CEO of GE “I believe that a popular, thirty – year notion that the U.S. can evolve from being a technology and manufacturing leader to a service leader is just wrong.” GE, of course, has been embedding all kinds of technology as it makes […]
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By Louis Columbus on May 8, 2013
The best manufacturers I’ve visited this year all share a common attribute: they are obsessed with making themselves as easy as possible to work with from a supply chain, distribution and services standpoint. Many are evaluating cloud-based manufacturing applications including Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and several have adopted cloud-based applications across their companies. With so much interest, […]
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Manufacturing: The STEM cells of the enterprise
By Vinnie Mirchandani on July 6, 2015
I am always invigorated when I spend time with Plex executives and customers as I did at its PowerPlex event in Nashville last week. There was a blue collar excitement to the event. Accounting had an industrial engineering flavor with focus on efficiency and waste. HCM was about finding young talent who don’t mind hats […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud Computing, erp, Industry Commentary, Manufacturing, Plex, PowerPlex, SaaS