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Action plan to improve manufacturing agility during the new normalIn a world where it is necessary to think globally while acting locally, traditional plant-based approaches to manufacturing operations are no longer enough.
Improving efficiency and profitability are still the objective, but the scope now extends beyond a single factory. Manufacturers are relying less on human input and more on digital tools and processes that can scale. Sometimes referred to as factory of the future or digital twins, this focus requires a digital manufacturing journey and new approach to global manufacturing operations management (MOM), advanced planning and scheduling (APS), and manufacturing analytic solutions.
Unlike point products or expensive transformations, our approach blends global coverage, deep integration skills and expertise in MES and APS deployments. We add industry experience and technology expertise across Industrial IoT connectivity, cloud, analytics and AI/ML skills. Our value is better optimization and customized deployments with a phased approach, achieving incremental improvements and high impact to your business.
Advanced planning software extends traditional ERP by adding the power of constraint-based, finite-capacity resource optimization and synchronization of production flows — from raw materials through to finished products.
Software suite helps manufacturers to transform global production operations to achieve and sustain operational excellence.
We help manufacturers understand, plan, and then iteratively drive their digital manufacturing journeys.
We deliver business value by tightly integrating legacy design & engineering, manufacturing, and operational systems with industry leading processes, software and analytics capabilities.
Clients choose us to create an integrated composable technology stack that drives a seamless flow of consistent, correct, and complete data from design through manufacturing operations.
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Jiani Zhang is President of the Alliance and Industrial Solution Unit at Persistent Systems. Prior to this role, Jiani was the General Manager of Industrial Sector for Persistent Systems. Jiani has extensive experience in management consulting, marketing, product development and technology management. She also holds expertise in building and growing a business with P&L responsibility and leading teams in business strategy, offering & product development, go-to-market, and sales execution. Prior to Persistent, Jiani has also served as Director of Offering Management for IBM Watson IoT Platform and Head of Offering Strategy for IBM Industrial IoT where she pioneered the creation of the Industrial Analytics/AI IoT solutions.
Vice President, Principal Analyst Serving CIO Professionals
Jeffrey helps CIOs and digital leaders succeed by working with them to improve their software delivery capability and by helping them assess the relevance of emerging software technologies. As a 25-plus-year software industry veteran, he’s helped clients improve their development shop culture, apply Agile and continuous delivery best practices, and build successful developer ecosystems. Jeffrey’s been a developer; managed development teams; built award-winning commercial development tools; and, over the past decade, has helped Forrester clients navigate mobile, cloud, IoT, DevOps, and low-code technologies and tools.
Previous Work Experience
Jeffrey has been with Forrester since 2006. Prior to joining Forrester, Jeffrey worked at IBM, Rational Software, and was part of Accenture’s Advanced Systems Group.
Education
Jeffrey holds a B.S. in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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