Some Best-of-Breed Technology Vendors Buck the Impact of the Recession

摘要

Major enterprise software and automation vendors may be lamenting the recession's impact on manufacturers' technology spending, but not all technology providers are feeling the pinch -yet, anyway.rnA handful of small vendors, most with best-of-breed products that target specific manufac-rnturing pain points, report they are enjoying rapid growth and profitability despite the global downturn. Providers of finite production planning and scheduling, business intelligence, manufacturing-specific ERP, and industry-specific product life-cycle management tools are among those bucking the downbeat economic news.