Cloud ERP – based on a Software as a Service (SaaS) delivery model – is fast becoming the preferred approach for industry leaders. Discover what's driving this move and how food and beverage manufacturers are using cloud ERP to achieve: constant visibility across day-to-day operations, exceptional levels of security and reliability, and increased productivity through smarter decision-making.

1. WHY CLOUD IS THE FUTURE
FOR FOOD AND BEVERAGE MANUFACTURERS

2. Software As A Service Has Passed the Tipping Point
SaaS adoption is poised to surpass the 50% mark within the next 12 months (end of 2014) according to Forrester Research.

3. Greater Cost Savings in Food and Beverage Manufacturing
Patchwork
of Systems
Expensive
and time-
consuming
IT upgrades
Connected
System
Streamlined
system requiring
no upgrades
Agility Leads to Cost Savings

4. The Answer
is Cloud ERP
The preferred approach for
industry leaders has arrived.
12% of all ERP systems sold today are
cloud-based, expected to increase to 17%
by 2017, leading all manufacturing systems
in enterprise adoption per Gartner Group.

5. What’s Driving
the Move?
• Accessibility anywhere
• Easy to maintain
• Infinitely scalable
• Robust and secure
IT is increasingly adopting cloud computing
for enterprise-level tasks with 2.34% of
on-premise IT computing being replaced
by cloud computing in 2014 growing to
14.49% in 2020.
- Gartner Group

6. Multiple
Plant Floors, Single
Complete View
Cloud technology gives users constant visibility across day-to- day operations and provides Food and Beverage manufacturers with vital production, and supply chain information availble.
Increasing
Productivity
Speeding
Problem Solution
Driving Smarter
Decision-Making

7. Cloud Security: Busting
the Myth
Fact: A Plex Cloud ERP customer assigned an ex-CIA employee to spend a month trying to break into the Plex Manufacturing Cloud.
He could not do it.

8. Ready For Anything
State-of-the-art data centers use the same construction techniques as a bank vault, and can withstand all types of natural disasters and physical attacks.

9. Robust, Secure ERP Infrastructure for Better Profitability
Highest Possible
Security Levels
Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (FMEA) system closes security gaps and stays ahead of hackers.
Tried and Tested
Crash Protection
“Backups to backups” — built-in redundancies which ensure that customer data remains safe and accessible by multiple fiber cables.
Unrivalled Reliability
Up to three separate Internet service providers for robust connectivity and fail-over,
as well as backup for electrical power, ensures uninterrupted Internet service.

10. The Answer...
THE MANUFACTURING CLOUD
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