Food Engineering logo
  • Sign In
  • Create Account
  • Sign Out
  • My Account
  • NEWS
  • PRODUCTS
  • TOPICS
  • EXCLUSIVES
  • MEDIA
  • FOOD MASTER
  • EVENTS
  • RESOURCES
  • EMAGAZINE
  • SIGN UP!
cart
facebook twitter linkedin youtube
  • NEWS
  • Latest Headlines
  • Manufacturing News
  • People & Industry News
  • Plant Openings
  • Recalls
  • Regulatory Watch
  • Supplier News
  • PRODUCTS
  • New Plant Products
  • New Retail Products
  • TOPICS
  • Alternative Protein
  • Automation
  • Cannabis
  • Cleaning | Sanitation
  • Fabulous Food Plants
  • Food Safety
  • Maintenance Strategies
  • OEE
  • Packaging
  • Sustainability
  • More
  • EXCLUSIVES
  • Plant Construction Survey
  • Plant of the Year
  • Sustainable Plant of the Year
  • State of Food Manufacturing
  • Top 100 Food & Beverage Companies
  • MEDIA
  • Podcasts
  • Videos
  • Webinars
  • White Papers
  • EVENTS
  • Food Automation & Manufacturing Symposium and Expo
  • Industry Events
  • RESOURCES
  • eNewsletter
  • Custom Content & Marketing Services
  • FE Store
  • Government Links
  • Industry Associations
  • Market Research
  • Classified Ads
  • EMAGAZINE
  • eMagazine
  • Archive Issue
  • Advertise
Food Engineering logo
search
cart
facebook twitter linkedin youtube
  • Sign In
  • Create Account
  • Sign Out
  • My Account
Food Engineering logo
  • NEWS
    • Latest Headlines
    • Manufacturing News
    • People & Industry News
    • Plant Openings
    • Recalls
    • Regulatory Watch
    • Supplier News
  • PRODUCTS
    • New Plant Products
    • New Retail Products
  • TOPICS
    • Alternative Protein
    • Automation
    • Cannabis
    • Cleaning | Sanitation
    • Fabulous Food Plants
    • Food Safety
    • Maintenance Strategies
    • OEE
    • Packaging
    • Sustainability
    • More
  • EXCLUSIVES
    • Plant Construction Survey
    • Plant of the Year
    • Sustainable Plant of the Year
    • State of Food Manufacturing
    • Top 100 Food & Beverage Companies
  • MEDIA
    • Podcasts
    • Videos
    • Webinars
    • White Papers
  • FOOD MASTER
  • EVENTS
    • Food Automation & Manufacturing Symposium and Expo
    • Industry Events
  • RESOURCES
    • eNewsletter
    • Custom Content & Marketing Services
    • FE Store
    • Government Links
    • Industry Associations
    • Market Research
    • Classified Ads
  • EMAGAZINE
    • eMagazine
    • Archive Issue
    • Advertise
  • SIGN UP!
Manufacturing News

Manufacturing News

Putting manufacturing operations management in the cloud

How is IoT affecting your business?

The study found more people are familiar with IoT technologies than they were a year ago and are investigating whether IoT makes sense for their enterprises. Source: MESA International and LNS Research.

June 16, 2016

Manufacturing Operations/Management (MOM) software has long been confined to on-premises systems. But, as sensors and devices become part of the Internet of Things (IoT), MOM software applications are expected to follow the same path to cloud-based operation. The 2015-2016 Manufacturing Metrics that Really Matter Summary Report, released by the Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA) International and LNS Research, looks at manufacturers’ levels of awareness and their deployment of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), as well as cloud-based application solutions to optimize their plant operations.

When asked how the IoT is affecting their businesses today, manufacturers indicated they are much more aware of it than they were last year (44 percent of respondents vs. 19 percent in 2015). This increased awareness is indicated in another statistic: In 2016, one-third of respondents said they were still investigating the impact of IoT on their business, compared to just 21 percent in 2015. While the number of significant investments in IoT haven’t greatly increased, the study did reveal a large-scale rise in education and awareness of IoT and IIoT over the last year. The report’s authors expect to see more IoT acceptance in the coming months and years.

The study, which involved more than 4,000 manufacturing professionals, compared results from batch (15 percent), process manufacturing (37 percent) and discrete (48 percent) industries. Respondents from the US accounted for 45 percent of the total compared to Europe (28 percent), Asia Pacific (15 percent) and the rest of the world (12 percent). Small manufacturers (less than $250 million) accounted for 49 percent of the respondents; large companies (more than $1 billion) accounted for 41 percent, while 10 percent were companies with sales totals between those of the small and large businesses.

In 2015, 35 percent of manufacturers said they didn’t expect to invest in IoT technologies in the foreseeable future. That number decreased to 25 percent in 2016, which may be a sign of the increased awareness of IoT. Those who expect to start investing in IoT technologies, but are still establishing a budget, accounted for 29 percent of respondents in 2016, an increase of 6 percent from 2015.

According to the study, plant-centric manufacturing software with point solutions that cause it to remain earth bound is slowly evolving into cloud applications. In addition, the future of software implementation appears to be more focused on integration, with predictive modeling, plant analytics and manufacturing intelligence on the rise (applications that lend themselves to cloud-based operation). These are good indicators that manufacturers are expanding their viewpoints beyond individual plants and looking forward to advanced analytics technologies that can be leveraged across the entire enterprise.

The data historian, the key element for logging data, has become such a popular utility that about 8 percent of respondents are planning to purchase one, while approximately 23 percent already have the software. About 3 percent of manufacturers are planning to purchase HMI software, while 18 percent said they already have it. The study also found that about 16 percent of respondents are planning to buy MOM/MES software, while 18 percent already have it. The study emphasizes the growing need to extend manufacturing data beyond a plant’s four walls, and while the traditional ISA-95 model will be the standard for some time, MOM/MES cloud-based purchases are expected to increase in the future.

ERP deployments are as a sign of the future direction of cloud-based software applications. In the study, 64 percent of manufacturers reported already owning an on-premise ERP suite; 34 percent are planning a local ERP system. However, 25 percent of respondents said they are looking at a public cloud hosted by the software vendor, 30 percent are considering a private cloud for their ERP, and 11 percent favor a public cloud hosted by a third party.

 

For more information, visit https://services.mesa.org/ResourceLibrary.

KEYWORDS: cloud Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) software

Share This Story

Looking for a reprint of this article?
From high-res PDFs to custom plaques, order your copy today!

Recommended Content

JOIN TODAY
to unlock your recommendations.

Already have an account? Sign In

  • Global Organic Food & Beverage Market to Grow

    Global Organic Food & Beverage Market to Grow

    With a CAGR of 12.07%, Bonafide Research estimates this...
    People & Industry News
  • skilled MEP worker

    Predicting Food and Beverage Manufacturing Trends for 2024

    The two words that should be kept in mind are labor and...
    Automation
    By: Derrick Teal
  • cleaning and sanitation

    The basics of cleaning and sanitation in food plants

    Sanitation maintains or restores a state of cleanliness...
    Cleaning | Sanitation
    By: Richard F. Stier
Manage My Account
  • eMagazine
  • eNewsletter
  • Online Registration
  • Manage My Preferences
  • Customer Service

Food Plant Openings and Expansions June 2025

Food Plant Openings and Expansions June 2025

Celebrating Women in Engineering: Shalima Sreenath

Celebrating Women in Engineering: Shalima Sreenath

Celebrating Women in Engineering: Samara Heaggans

Celebrating Women in Engineering: Samara Heaggans

Food Plant Openings and Expansions May 2025

Food Plant Openings and Expansions May 2025

More Videos

Popular Stories

Cargill Cocoa Plant

Cargill Invests in its Cocoa Supply Chain

Campbell’s Utah plant

Going for Gold(fish): Inside The Campbell’s Company’s $160M Cracker Plant Expansion

Chicken Alfredo Listeria Products

Listeria Outbreak Connected with Pre-Made Chicken Alfredo Meals Results in 3 Deaths

CHECK OUT OUR NEW ESSENTIAL TOPICS

Alternative ProteinAutomationCleaning/SanitationFabulous Food Plants

Food SafetyMaintenance StrategiesOEE

PackagingSustainability

Events

June 17, 2025

Refrigerated & Frozen Foods’ State of the Cold Chain

On Demand Kelley Rodriguez, Editor in Chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, will be joined in this 60-minute webinar by industry experts to help unpack the latest research.

July 23, 2025

Decarbonizing Process Heat: What You Should Know and Next Steps

Driven by climate goals, business risk, client interest, and resilience considerations, food and beverage companies are increasingly turning their attention to decarbonizing their production processes.

View All Submit An Event

Products

Recent Advances in Ready-to-Eat Food Technology

Recent Advances in Ready-to-Eat Food Technology

See More Products

Plant of the Year

Related Articles

  • Cascade Coffee can have two pallets on each side of the cobot

    Putting Humans Back In the Manufacturing Loop

    See More
  • The future of food safety is in the cloud

    Manufacturing survey finds cloud-based systems improve operations

    See More
  • Hollywood Feeds warehouse

    Voices from the cloud help pet food supplier speed warehouse operations

    See More

Related Products

See More Products
  • cleaning-in-place

    Cleaning-in-Place: Dairy, Food and Beverage Operations, 3rd Edition

  • small-occ.jpg

    Occupational Health and Safety in the Food and Beverage Industry

See More Products
×

Elevate your expertise in food engineering with unparalleled insights and connections.

Get the latest industry updates tailored your way.

JOIN TODAY!
  • RESOURCES
    • Advertise
    • Contact Us
    • Food Master
    • Store
    • Want More
  • SIGN UP TODAY
    • Create Account
    • eMagazine
    • eNewsletter
    • Customer Service
    • Manage Preferences
  • SERVICES
    • Marketing Services
    • Reprints
    • Market Research
    • List Rental
    • Survey/Respondent Access
  • STAY CONNECTED
    • LinkedIn
    • Facebook
    • YouTube
    • X (Twitter)
  • PRIVACY
    • PRIVACY POLICY
    • TERMS & CONDITIONS
    • DO NOT SELL MY PERSONAL INFORMATION
    • PRIVACY REQUEST
    • ACCESSIBILITY

Copyright ©2025. All Rights Reserved BNP Media.

Design, CMS, Hosting & Web Development :: ePublishing

Food Engineering logo
search
cart
facebook twitter linkedin youtube
  • Sign In
  • Create Account
  • Sign Out
  • My Account
Food Engineering logo
  • NEWS
    • Latest Headlines
    • Manufacturing News
    • People & Industry News
    • Plant Openings
    • Recalls
    • Regulatory Watch
    • Supplier News
  • PRODUCTS
    • New Plant Products
    • New Retail Products
  • TOPICS
    • Alternative Protein
    • Automation
    • Cannabis
    • Cleaning | Sanitation
    • Fabulous Food Plants
    • Food Safety
    • Maintenance Strategies
    • OEE
    • Packaging
    • Sustainability
    • More
  • EXCLUSIVES
    • Plant Construction Survey
    • Plant of the Year
    • Sustainable Plant of the Year
    • State of Food Manufacturing
    • Top 100 Food & Beverage Companies
  • MEDIA
    • Podcasts
    • Videos
    • Webinars
    • White Papers
  • FOOD MASTER
  • EVENTS
    • Food Automation & Manufacturing Symposium and Expo
    • Industry Events
  • RESOURCES
    • eNewsletter
    • Custom Content & Marketing Services
    • FE Store
    • Government Links
    • Industry Associations
    • Market Research
    • Classified Ads
  • EMAGAZINE
    • eMagazine
    • Archive Issue
    • Advertise
  • SIGN UP!