Manufacturing Industry
Vendors upgrade systems to beat back competition with ERP's big league.(ENTERPRISE ASSET MANAGEMENT)
Manufacturing Business Technology, May, 2005
ERP-based asset management solutions are rapidly achieving parity with best-of-breed enterprise asset management (EAM) suites, and in situations where basic functionality is sufficient, even displacing EAM based on the benefits that follow from a single integrated enterprise system, according to a just-published report from Boston-based AMR Research.
In response, traditional EAM vendors are beefing up their offerings--a move AMR suggests is essential if they are to keep up in this mature, $1-billion market ripe for consolidation. New offerings from major EAM players reveal strategies such as broadening offerings to cover IT asset and service management, including for third-party service providers; easier connectivity to other applications; and the...
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