Selecting a supplier for manufacturing ERP solutions is more important today than ever before, due to the increasingly complex and interconnected set of business processes involved in this segment. ?Manufacturers now require the ability to share data in real time across all functional areas touching the manufacturing process. Manufacturers need the capability to have dynamically updated, powerful, secure and ultra- reliable data from a wide variety of sources.

While manufacturing ERP has numerous suppliers that can deliver different piece-parts of different vertical segments, there are three - Epicor, IQMS and Plex Systems - that stand out with the ability to span multiple manufacturing niches with a diverse range of functional business modules. This white paper takes a fresh look at manufacturing ERP options.