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Photo courtesy Plex Systems An operator at Plex Systems' automotive customer Inteva checks a molded dash component for imperfections.
Factory-Floor Data Drives Auto Efficiency
With a need for speed, automotive OEMs and Tier suppliers increasingly need ERP software to deliver data anytime, anywhere via the cloud
Patrick Waurzyniak Senior Editor
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t’s a given that automotive OEMs and Tier suppliers need to get components delivered on time, every time, in order to quickly and efficiently turn around parts to their own customers. With today’s enterprise resource management (ERP) systems, auto OEMs and suppliers alike depend on ERP developers to give them needed mobile access to data that’s often residing somewhere out on the cloud, and automotive customers also need their ERP systems to provide reliable part traceability, particularly in the case of product recalls.
ERP software is a fairly mature market that in 2012 grew at a somewhat leisurely 2% growth rate, according to