Equilibrium works with companies across all industries. However, we have developed a specific focus for the Manufacturing and Distribution industry.
Extreme competition from China and today’s turbulent economic challenges is impacting the United States Manufacturing and Distribution companies. As belts tighten and competition increases it will become more important that Manufacturing and Distribution companies stay as competitive as possible. Having a reliable computing environment that performs well, yet keeps operational costs to a minimum will help ensure competitive operations. The IT environment at today’s typical manufacturing company is fairly complex. The standard applications alone usually include an ERP system for their unique vertical market that includes - Accounting –CRM- Bar Coding – Online Order Fulfillment as well as Microsoft Office – E-mail and Document Management. Often times there are multiple sites, remote access needs, critical deadlines, peak utilization times, and a need to reliably communicate with clients and product suppliers.
As the IT environments at Manufacturing and Distribution companies become more complex and more critical, what solution criteria will they likely require to meet their IT needs?
- Reliability
- Cost
- Performance
- Recoverability
- Security
- Ease of Use
- Time to Implement
- Manageability
- Scalability
- Flexibility
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