The evolution of manufacturing enterprise software over the last 75 years in one book.
AI placed in historical context
- 200+ pages of detailed history of the systems that orchestrate the ins and outs of a factory
- 13 chapters covering the different eras, business processes, and technologies
- Dozens of diagrams, charts, and tables to explain complex relationships
From systems that remember to systems that reason
- Foundations of ERP, MRP, MRP II, APS, MES
- Implications for core business processes, including Order-to-Cash, Plan-to-Produce, Procure-to-Pay and the rest
- Where AI sits alongside and enhances these technologies and processes