# Why All Manufacturing Software Will Soon Be in the Cloud

- What Manufacturers Mean When They Talk About The Cloud?
- Different Types of Manufacturing Software, and Why This Matters
- Why Factory Software Has Taken So Long to Move to the Cloud?

Today some leading manufacturers have crossed that frontier and are moving their manufacturing execution systems (MES) – their factory production software – to the cloud.

The complexity of these more modern manufacturing execution systems – combined with shortened product lifetimes and accelerating innovation from engineering - requires real-time communications, easy integration with other enterprise software systems, and rapid implementation and change.

Using cloud-based systems to streamline key areas of their business, manufacturers are freeing up more time to innovate, to optimize their production processes, and to deliver greater satisfaction to their customers. And for companies that DON’T embrace this trend – be warned, your competitors are moving quickly to gain the upper hand.

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