Take-it-or-leave-it is a business model that has been actively used in the manufacturing industry for some time now. Henry Ford used to famously say – you can have any color for a car model as long as it was black. The strategy proved to be profitable for discrete manufacturing since they enjoyed the process of amassing a make-to-stock inventory with minimal production differences. However this static model has given way to more personalized, made-to-measure manufacturing that relies on modern ERPS with automation for increasingly complex tasks and processes. Increasing Demand for Personalization Technology has had a huge role in changing this [...]

While scouting for ways to increase revenue and identify high-margin opportunities, manufacturers often tend to zero in on the service aspect of their undertakings. We see this pattern more prevalent in the engineer-to-order segment for space and capital equipment. Infor CloudSuite Industrial is special in that it is a purpose-built ERP application that comes with support functionality for manufacturers who produce on an engineer-to-order basis. In addition to this it also comes fitted with an entire Service Management system as a component of the main application. Now that manufacturers have the ability to oversee installations as part of the operation, they [...]