Keywords: Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence (EMI), Operational Intelligence, Intelligence, Infrastructure, Analytics, Visualization, Selection Criteria
Today’s pressing need for better understanding of and visibility into their businesses is generating significant interest in modern enterprise manufacturing intelligence (EMI) software solutions within the manufacturing community. There are a large number of suppliers providing specialized, often niche solutions in this space. ARC Advisory Group’s new technology evaluation and selection guide was designed to enable users to make more informed, unbiased, and fact-based EMI technology and supplier selection decisions.
The use of newer technologies, including new investigative tools, new infrastructures, improved analytic tools, and visualization dashboards can offer significant benefits to end users; but only if they select the correct technology from a supplier that understands their specific industry and business processes.
Users Should Consider New Disruptive Technologies
“The complexity of today’s manufacturing environment requires engineers, operators, and managers use different applications, dashboards, and performance measures. New technologies are being integrated into modern EMI solutions that are more intuitive and match the application experience to the user’s persona with IoT-enabled Big Data, analytics, and visualization capabilities,” commented Principal Consultant Janice Abel, the principal author of ARC’s Enterprise Manufacturing Operational Intelligence Technology Evaluation and Selection Guide.
Selection Criteria Address Business Needs
ARC’s EMI technology evaluation and selection guide includes selection criteria for the key functions and associated business requirements. The EMI market is diverse, spanning different functionalities and capabilities. These range from infrastructure for integrating manufacturing and operational data, to search capabilities, analytics tools, and dashboards. The selection guide explores user objectives, technical selection criteria, and applications with information about best practices, market trends, supplier industry segments, and geographic regions.
The guide will help users select the appropriate EMI functions needed, assess integration functionalities, understand best technology practices, and learn what new and future functionalities they should consider. This guide contains advice, functional descriptions, regional information, user practices, specific selection criteria, and supplier profiles to help team members find common ground with lower risk and faster time to benefit.
For more information on this and other ARC technology evaluation and selection guides and associated services, please visit www.arcweb.com/technology-evaluation-and-selection.