As we move into the fourth quarter, American Industrial Equipment Manufacturing (IEM) companies have reason to feel hope. This is not opinion or hyperbole. Rather, this is a statement backed up by the results of the eighth annual Prime Advantage Group Outlook (GO) Survey, which you can read more about in Manufacturing Business Technology.
Per some of the more positive results of this survey, as published in the article above:
- 87% of manufacturing companies see revenues as the same or better, through the balance of 2011
- 44% of manufacturing companies state that new products and/or consumers are fueling their growth
A rainy day requires preparation. But oftentimes, we need just as much preparation for when the waters recede.
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) in the Cloud is creating a lot of buzz among industry professionals – for both its ability to reduce costs and capability for rapid implementation. (Note – For rapid implementation proof, you can read my recent blog post – or request the video to the right – where you will see a full Microsoft Dynamics 
Tomorrow – Thursday, September 8th at 9am PST – I will be attending the virtual launch of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, a free webinar where industry leaders will gather to discuss the latest innovations in our Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution.
At the most fundamental level, the funding of a job is dependent on one thing: the funding being available. As such, for a manufacturing company to be able to fund new – or bring back recently eliminated – positions, the funding must be in place to support such an initiative.
Product lifecycle management (PLM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) integration removes the barriers of time and distance and provides us with global visibility into manufacturing projects.
