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News Release from: SolutionsPT | Subject: 'Manufacturing intelligence' results
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 01 December 2006
Customers outperform in manufacturing
intelligence
A recent Aberdeen Group survey has found that customers using Wonderware software solutions performed significantly better in their businesses than users of other manufacturing intelligence software
A recent Aberdeen Group survey has found that customers using Wonderware software solutions performed significantly better in their businesses than users of other manufacturing intelligence software, in a number of critical manufacturing areas The results on Wonderware, a business unit of Invensys, and whose products are marketed and supported in the UK and Ireland by Stockport based Pantek, were compiled in the latest Aberdeen Group Benchmark Report on Manufacturing Intelligence
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 17 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Wonderware customers continue to be among the strategy and performance benchmark leaders across many of our manufacturing marketplace research projects," said Maura Buxton, research analyst and manufacturing director of data analytics at Aberdeen Group.
"As the research analyst on this project, it is clear to me that Wonderware customers are achieving superior results from their manufacturing intelligence software implementations".
This latest Aberdeen Group research project surveyed more than 500 customers across a wide range of manufacturing industries.
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The report focused on how companies are using real-time manufacturing information from across their manufacturing and IT systems to provide decision support in the pursuit of operational excellence.
It compares the strategies and results of what "best-in-class" companies are doing in comparison to other manufacturing organisations.
Specific areas where Wonderware customers are outperforming other companies as well as other best-in-class companies surveyed, include customer service improvements, yield improvements and throughput improvements.
Survey comparisons of the results achieved after manufacturing intelligence software implementations were completed include: * Customer Service Improvement: Wonderware Customers +14 percent, vs.
best in class +3 percent.
* Yield Improvement: Wonderware Customers +12 percent, vs.
best in class +4 percent.
* Throughput Improvement: Wonderware Customers +8 percent, vs.
best in class +2 percent.
"The results of this extensive survey are very gratifying because Wonderware's primary focus is on software excellence that enables its customers to drive operational excellence in their businesses," said Mark Davidson, vice president of global marketing at Wonderware.
"We will continue to work with existing customers, and with new customers who are also looking to compete on a world-class scale, to make our software solutions even more effective in the future".
The full Aberdeen Group Benchmark Report on Manufacturing Intelligence is available for download from Wonderware.
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