MANUFACTURING: IT investments shift to plant - The value proposition of Collaborative Production Management still applies

摘要

COLLABORATIVE Production Management (CPM) is one of the hottest automation investment spaces in today's process industries. After a couple of tumultuous years, companies once again are ramping up spending in CPM solutions. There are many reasons for this upsurge. Most process manufacturers have already implemented ERP and other business systems and now realise they can gain additional value through better integration of plant and enterprise systems.