Mobile Apps as Drivers of Growth of Collaborative Production Management

The market of CPM or Collaborative Production Management for processing industry is still on the rise and moving swiftly towards its utmost height. Credit for this goes to the newer technologies arriving in the scenario that include mobility, mobile apps, big data analytics, manufacturing intelligence, energy management, regulations, globalization, and performance improving strategies. All of them help a lot in improving performance of the employees and cost cutting on a very large basis. The CPM market encompasses Manufacturing Execution Systems [MES] market as well and showing signs of improvements driven by the need for collaboration and increasing efficiencies. This improvement is also the result of the increased need for real time information and use of new tools and technologies like usability tools, software templates and most importantly, mobile apps for this purpose. Despite entire world trapped in economic instability, recession and risk aversion in some areas, it is expected that CPM-P market will display huge growth not only in 2013 and for many years to come.

According to industry experts, improved graphical capabilities and the emergence of cloud computing are combined in making way for mobile devices with varied screen sizes, graphics and displays into the manufacturing environment. These both have been helping a lot in the growth of CPM-P/MES market. Mobile phone manufacturers are developing and designing specialized graphics and displays for smart phones and tablets that correspond to smaller screens, easy-to-use pop ups and drill down capabilities that contain key information. All these are helpful in driving better results in lesser time than before.

The time has now started getting more importance than it was getting earlier. It is because achieving and sustaining profitability in this sector is becoming more challenging because of the uncertainty and volatility in the cost of energy, raw materials, water and numerous other resources. These resources include compliances and risk management issues that are becoming even more complex with the passing time. Suppliers and dealers have responded to this situation with tools, applications and various methods that allow end users to achieve a higher Return of Interest or ROI in faster time to value. This also includes improved interoperability and integration tools, modular software that functions exactly like apps and has templates resembling the templates of mobile apps.

Disruptive software technologies – According to experts of the industry, there are a number of disruptive software technologies capable of driving implementation for next five years. Apart from these, market dynamics would also play a major role in taking the CPM market to newer heights in the next three years. For example – changing demographics in the workplace would encourage employees to use the above-mentioned newer tools and technologies innovatively. These technologies also include dashboards, analytics tablets, smart phones and mobile apps. Note that all these things are drivers of CPM - P applications as well. Moreover, suppliers have also innovated newer ways to judge and match the expectations of end users. In this pursuit, they don’t even hesitate from using displays and special surfaces that focus solely on information, specifically for functionality and the role of the end users. The rapidly advancing world is generating complexities in the modern day manufacturing environment. These complexities are making operators, engineers and managers to deploy various mobile apps, dashboards and performance measures in their daily office works quickly. For this purpose, newer technologies and innovations are being implemented that are expected to allow next-generation entrepreneurs to serve more integrated, collaborated, easy-to-use, visible tools that give time to value.