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Manufacturing Operations

The AMR Research Manufacturing Operations Market Service team addresses the business planning needs of technology companies that develop, market, sell, and support manufacturing targeted software applications and services. Our daily interactions with top-tier manufacturers from aerospace and defense, life sciences, consumer products, electronics, industrial equipment, chemicals, and other industries give us an inside track on the challenges your clients and prospects face as they craft their company’s next-generation manufacturing architectures. In fact, AMR Research wrote the book on manufacturing technologies, coining the term and defining the manufacturing execution system (MES) market. Read more.

Published Research [View All]

Medical Device Manufacturers Get Great, Green ROI From MES Implementations

Four Goals Siemens Must Meet for Long-Term MES Strategy Success

Rockwell Automation’s FactoryTalk Gets Smart with IncuityEMI

View All Manufacturing Operations Research

Agenda Topics

Vying for Manufacturing Master Data Management Ownership

The Manufacturing Operations Software Spending Report, 2007–2008

The Manufacturing Operations Software Market Sizing Report, 2006–2011

Manufacturing Service Provider Series: Key Trends and Capabilities

So You Want to be the “ERP of the Shop Floor?” Learn from Software Best of Breeds

Automation Vendor Software Strategy Series

Operations Intelligence Landscape: How Software Providers Stack Up

Manufacturing SOA: The Death of MES as We Know It?

Manufacturing 2.0 Landscape: A Software Providers Guide to Functionality and Services

Big ERP Manufacturing Software Strategy Series

Issues Addressed

Assembling a manufacturing operations excellence strategy
Manufacturing operations business process automation—how much and when?
Drawing the lines and connecting the dots between manufacturing operations and enterprise applications
Multisite manufacturing operations software deployments: where does standardization make sense?
Emerging Manufacturing 2.0 architectures and the vendors who support them

Representative Vendor Coverage

ERP providers who offer manufacturing operations application content

Oracle
SAP
A host of midmarket providers

Platform and infrastructure providers

IBM
Oracle
Microsoft
OSIsoft

Large automation providers

ABB
GE Fanuc
Invensys
Rockwell
Siemens

Best-of-breed providers that participate in the MES, EH&S, quality, LIMS, operations intelligence and specification management arenas

Service providers with deep manufacturing operations experience

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Market Service

Events and Speaking Engagements

Executive Conferences
AMR Research Supply Chain Executive Conference
May 28 - 30, 2008
The Phoenician
Scottsdale, AZ, US
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AMR Research Executive Leadership Conference
November 10 - 12, 2008
Westin Boston Waterfront
Boston, MA, US
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Webcasts
The Platform Revolution – A Look Into Disruptive Technologies
May 15, 2008, 11AM - 12PM ET
Webcast, Live
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Exchanges
2008 Value Chain and Logistics Outsourcing Exchange
May 28, 2008, 12PM - 5PM PT
The Phoenician
Scottsdale, AZ, US
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Key Questions

Your business hinges on the answers to these questions:

Market Strategy and Planning:

What opportunities are emerging from changing customer needs and buying behaviors?
What messages resonate with my target markets/segments?
How can I reach—and influence—senior decision makers?
Which competitors should I keep an eye on?

Product Strategy:

What does my target audience look for in a “complete” system, and what functionality should I add?
What are the best technology alignment strategies?
What alternative business models should we be evaluating?

Partnering and Acquisition Strategies:

What should my build/buy/partner strategy be, and who should I partner with for global delivery?
How can I organize sales resources to increase growth—by account, geography or vertical market?