Leading Manufacturing Companies – Spark Minda

Manufacturing industry is becoming a highly competitive, technology-driven business. Each business has to improve productivity, quality and cost offerings. IT leaders need to hone their skills to leverage the benefits offered by emerging technologies like enhanced cloud computing, AI, robotics and process automation using digitisation tools to have an agile IT infrastructure to respond as quickly as possible to meet customer expectations. More than ever, CIOs and CTOs need to work hand in hand to bring new ideas and perspectives about how their collaborative work can drive business growth.
There are several solution offerings from various vendors. As an IT leader, one has to maintain the balance between business requirement and RoI before selecting a solution. Decisions cannot be on price alone. Vendor reputation, stability, R&D, product roadmap and references play an important role in decision-making. Keeping current needs in mind, and the phased roll out of solutions, one can spread the cost on milestones. Deciding on capex or opex approach is also better.
Staying abreast of emerging technologies relevant to the business is an on-going challenge. CIOs need to keep themselves updated through peer networks, knowledge sharing, technology tradeshows, seminars, and keeping an eye on forward-thinking adopters. Also proof of concept for the function/operation involved brings confidence about impending changes to all stakeholders involved.