JULY 2016MANUFACTURINGTECHNOLOGYINSIGHTS.COM6 While the wave of technology evolution, including automation and lean practices change the course of manufacturing industry globally, the demand for cost-effectiveness, interoperability, and productivity throughout the production processes has been increasing. In pursuit of achieving a defect-free shop floor with zero wastages costs, lesser human intervention, and interlinked systems that manage plant and equipment, companies are undergoing trials and tribulations with technology and software. Today, despite the multiplicity of ERP solutions, self-monitoring systems, digital technologies, and internet connected systems; most manufacturers struggle to wade past administrative inefficiencies, repetitive tasks, and processes while keeping a thorough check on manufacturing expenditure and its impact on the bottom line.Adding to the dilemma is the complexity of on boarding niche practices and software against the back drop of redundant and legacy systems. To sum it up, manufacturers and shop floor managers need formidable solutions that facilitate informed-decision making and secured flow of processes with timely insights on data churned from disparate sources. Wearable devices, manufacturing execution systems (MES), cloud-enabled and hybrid ERPs, and shop floor control software with ERP integration, reporting, inspection and management abilities offer a 360 degree view on the plant and manufacturing equipment, operations, and resources for planning and scheduling. The visibility attained with the right mix of shop floor management systems can help cast a wider web to determine capacity, material purchases, inventory issues, and proactively measure weak points, risks, and chaos in the shop floor. These insights enable manufacturers to estimate current and future workloads and enhance performances for better ROI. To support firms in their long-term goals of flexibility, scalability, and profitability, solution provider are emerging with novel software and shop floor management techniques. With an aim to shed light on best practices, polices, and solutions that help completely harness shop floor capacities, we present the insights and thought-leadership of top 10 providers of shop floor management software.Let us know your thoughts.Laura DavisEditor-in-ChiefManufacturing Technology InsightsWrite to useditor@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.comVisibility that Translates to Better Productivity EditorialCopyright © 2016 ValleyMedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs 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.JULY - 25 - 2016Mailing AddressValleyMedia, Inc. 44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.936.8381, F:510-894.8405 JULY - 25 - 2016, Vol 02- Issue 05 Published by ValleyMedia, Inc. To subscribe to Manufacturing Technology InsightsVisit www.manufacturingtechnologyinsights.com Editor-in-ChiefLaura DavisEditorial StaffSalesVisualizerMichael WilliamsRuben Philipruben@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.comAva GraciaChithra VijayakumarJoshua ParkerMichelle WilsonPeter ThomasVivian MurrayTECHNOLOGY INSIGHTSTECHNOLOGY INSIGHTS
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