2008 will be the year of the perfect storm for manufacturing operations

摘要

2007 was the third year of ramped-up spending on manufacturing operations software. Based on AMR Research's annual ERP spending study, manufacturing operations today competes for first place as the most strategically important ERP investment category. This renewed investment in manufacturing isn't lost on vendors serving the space. After a decade of lean times, providers are aggressively funding product R&D, as well as acquisitions.