Industrial internet of things and innovative manufacturing

Expert Q&A: Rapidly Changing IEM Marketplace Requires New Capabilities

As the industrial equipment manufacturing (IEM) industry rumbles through the remainder of a challenging 2021, headed for a potentially more successful 2022, it’s important to understand the ongoing evolution of the industry and its enterprise technologies. We asked one of Ultra’s most experienced manufacturing consultants, Dave Lechleitner (DL), what IEM companies need to know to thrive in today’s fast-changing marketplace. Here is an edited version of the conversation.

May 18, 2021

Will Biden Infrastructure Plan and Trade Changes Boost IEM?

Changes in the national political landscape inevitably have a significant impact on the business environment. And the Biden Administration, working with the Democratic Party-controlled U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, already is proposing transformative change to the nation’s economic policy.

May 10, 2021

Pacific Plumbing Supply Enables Future Success With Broad Change Now (Video)

For manufacturers in virtually every vertical, the capabilities offered by the 4th Industrial Revolution, particularly the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), artificial intelligence, automation and connected machines, are enabling greater operational efficiency, higher product quality and improved maintenance processes – and are driving changes to long-established business models.

May 4, 2021

ERP in the Auto Industry

We have all heard the stories about the auto industry over the last 5 years. The decline in auto sales greatly depressed ERP aspirations of automotive. But things change. At Ultra Consultants we are seeing an increase in auto industry interest in ERP solutions. The Tier I, II, and III auto suppliers are beginning to look at modern ERP solutions to help improve business processes.

May 3, 2021

Man analyzing data on computer screen Q&A manufacturing execution systems

Expert Q&A: Manufacturing Execution Systems

A manufacturing execution system (MES) offers different things to different manufacturers – and different things to manufacturers in different industries. To help reduce the confusion, and to provide insight into the value of MES solutions in the industrial equipment and industrial products verticals, we asked Ultra Industry Marketing Director Dave Lechleitner (DL), a longtime consultant to industrial products companies, to share his expertise

April 28, 2021

Building the Business Case for Your ERP

Steps for Success Does your current ERP system offer the capabilities and functionalities your business needs today – and will need in the future? If not, it’s time to consider a

April 27, 2021

Category: Insight Industry

Expert Q&A: Rapidly Changing IEM Marketplace Requires New Capabilities

Will Biden Infrastructure Plan and Trade Changes Boost IEM?

Pacific Plumbing Supply Enables Future Success With Broad Change Now (Video)

ERP in the Auto Industry

Expert Q&A: Manufacturing Execution Systems

Building the Business Case for Your ERP

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