Over the last seven years we’ve researched what companies are doing to drive long-term, sustainable business success. This year we extend our focus with a new look at business sovereignty and a deeper look into AI. What are the biggest disruptors companies face? What strategies are companies adopting? What priorities are they placing on the…
Archives for August 2025
Shipbuilding: Reducing Engineering Time Wasters
How can shipbuilding companies improve engineering productivity? Shipbuilding has become increasingly complex, with a growing number of owner and sustainability requirements, new technologies, suppliers, and co-makers. Engineers are critical to successfully meeting these requirements. Yet, engineers regularly lose productivity to non-value-add tasks that rob them of their ability to innovate and threaten their company’s ability…
Tulip: Evolving Operations for Modern Manufacturing
Reinventing MES/MOM and Operations We’ve followed Tulip since the early days and were excited to catch up and see what they have accomplished over the past year. From their inception, Tulip Interfaces deliberately set themselves apart from existing industry acronyms like MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) and MOM (Manufacturing Operations Management). This decision offered advantages and…
42Q – First MES/MOM to the Cloud and Still Going Strong
Where can discrete manufacturers go to find an MES/MOM solution developed by manufacturers with nearly a decade of production usage and experience as a multi-tenant cloud solution? 42Q, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sanmina Corporation, is an obvious choice. They provide: Smart Factory, a fully featured MES/MOM solution, Connected Manufacturing, providing real-time visibility across diverse…
DELMIAWorks Mid-market ERP with Built-In MES Growing Globally
Can mid-market discrete and batch process manufacturers meet their MES and ERP needs in one platform? The DELMIAWorks Manufacturing ERP solution from Dassault Systèmes is one of the few with MES embedded in its platform and is globally available. In fact, IQMS developed the MES first, before adding ERP and supply chain functionality and before…
