{"id":7211,"date":"2019-06-11T14:24:34","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T12:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.specpage.com\/?p=7211"},"modified":"2019-09-16T10:39:56","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T08:39:56","slug":"power-of-the-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.specpage.com\/power-of-the-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Power of the Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What, exactly, is the cloud and why do I care<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cloud computing is the delivery of services \u2013 from applications to storage \u2013 over the internet, with a \u2018pay-as-you-go\u2019 feature. Rather than owning the hardware and infrastructure headaches, cloud participants enjoy access to all of their data via licensing and subscription agreements.<\/p>\n<p>Food and beverage producers are moving to cloud-based options for product data management in droves \u2013 a few of the reasons are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Infrastructure challenges are eliminated, no downtime for maintenance or updates that freeze production<\/li>\n<li>Upfront costs are drastically reduced<\/li>\n<li>Scalability is enhanced<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reliable reports indicate that global spending on cloud-based services will reach $260B in 2019 \u2013 it is growing faster than any other technology.\u00a0 From software-as-a-service (SaaS) to platform-as-a-service (PaaS), the benefits are prolific.\u00a0\u00a0 However, while the industrial community has integrated cloud adoption, the formula-based food and beverage manufacturing industry has been a bit slower to embrace this IT trend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cloud efficacy for F&amp;B producers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Surveys of industry leaders indicate that nearly half of U.S. food manufacturers currently employ some type of cloud-based solution \u2013 and producers who employ cloud-based PLM designed specifically for their industry have a much smoother transition, achieve rapid results and far more sustainable growth.<\/p>\n<p>The adoption and implementation of cloud-based PLM and PDM reduces operations complexity, and requires far less start-up and execution costs.<\/p>\n<p>Adopting innovative cloud-based PLM is transformative \u2013 but it must begin with the awareness and understanding that there are definitive solutions to address the challenges that formula-based F&amp;B manufacturers face.\u00a0 The first step is gathering information and educating team members &#8211; IT organizers, R&amp;D, QM, food engineers, administrators, and technology groups. Quite often, the c-suite more easily understands the benefits in the investigative stage of adoption, because of the holistic, rapid return on investment.<\/p>\n<p>PLM cloud options provide flexibility \u2013 food producers can scale up or down at will, using only the resources that they need for each particular product or project.\u00a0 Once deployed, the cloud expense shifts from a capital expenditure to an operating expense.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Integration is key<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cloud-based PLM integrates seamless with existing systems.\u00a0 PLM integrates with ERP and MES, providing a unified, cohesive, streamlined solution process that adds value throughout the life of the product of project.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Analyzing the advantages of the cloud <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many manufacturers have resisted on premise PLM process solutions because of the cost &#8211; but cloud-based SpecPDM offers exceptional benefits for a small fraction of the initial outlay. And the return is enormous \u2013 PLM has been proven to be the single most essential tool to increase revenue and ROI for food manufacturers.\u00a0 The reasons are simple:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Accelerated time to market for new products beats competitors to the punch<\/li>\n<li>No scrapped, partial, lost, fragmented or untraceable documents mean saving time \u2013 and money<\/li>\n<li>Less staff time spent on data entry errors and updating BOM spreadsheets means more time for innovations and new product development<\/li>\n<li>Data is available to shareholders on demand \u2013 which reduces redundancy<\/li>\n<li>Increased product quality with transparency and traceability from idea to pantry shelf<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The right process solution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First-to-market advantage provides unique opportunities for small to mid-sized manufacturers who seek to compete with larger, well-established brands \u2013 so employing PLM designed by a company that works exclusively with the food and beverage industry provides a huge advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Integrating people, processes and information supports innovations and collaborative product creation \u2013 this business approach requires best practices and Industry 4.0 solutions.\u00a0 PLM that was initially designed for aerospace, electronic or automotive industries and is being repurposed for food producers may not scale or support rapid rollouts as well or as quickly as PLM designed for the F&amp;B industry.<\/p>\n<p>SpecPage customers who opt for cloud-based SpecPDM can immediately leverage the user-friendly, flexible environment to go live \u2013 pilot, organize and add data for a rapid, secure start. Functionality is crucial for rapid scalability, faster implementation, accessibility and collaboration as well as supplier integration.\u00a0 SpecPDM in the cloud delivers growth potential and significant economic and operational advantages for food producers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.specpage.com\/services\/saas-cloud-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SpecPage cloud-based PLM<\/a> was designed exclusively for F&amp;B manufacturers; it doubles the efficiency for research and development and food engineers, leading to substantial revenue and ROI increases while reducing recalls and simplifying audits with automatic compliance checks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What, exactly, is the cloud and why do I care<\/p>\n<p>Cloud computing is the delivery of services \u2013 from applications to storage \u2013 over the internet, with a \u2018pay-as-you-go\u2019 feature. 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