This blog is peer-reviewed by the MESA's Process Industries Working Group
By Stan DeVries, MESA member of the Process Industries Working Group
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In integrated Manufacturing Operations Management (iMOM), the ultimate goal of using software systems is to increase and sustain business benefits. In theory, this goal could be achieved by working with a single software vendor throughout the project lifecycle. In practice, though, single vendor approaches are not the best approach for the following reasons: