START-IT Reveals the Top Technologies for Manufacturing

Today, START-IT magazine announced the winners of the first Top 50 Technologies Awards.

The Top 50 Technologies Awards honor products that target the manufacturing space and help companies to improve their business practices. Winning products were gauged on their uniqueness and functionality in the market.

"The products selected as winners in the first Top 50 Technologies possess unique capabilities and characteristics in today's marketplace. While considering hundreds of applicants, the editors of START-IT chose products that fit the needs of the manufacturing community," said Peggy Smedley, editorial director of START-IT. "These companies are providing manufacturers with innovative and emerging technologies that enhance revenue opportunities and improve business practices."

Recently, a START-IT survey showed that 51% of manufacturers will spend $50,000 or more on technology in the coming year. As manufacturers move toward spending more on innovative technology, the advantage of providing leading-edge solutions becomes more profitable. "The winners of the Top 50 Technologies are playing a crucial role in the advancement of today's technology, and the companies listed here may well be the beneficiary of manufacturers' investment in 2008," added Smedley.

The winners of the 2008 Top 50 Technologies are:

Abas ERP from Abas Software
Throughput Analyzer from Activplant Corporations
Adobe Acrobat 3D Version 8 from Adobe Systems Inc.
Arena Solutions from Arena Solutions
InventorLT from Autodesk
Axeda ServiceLink 5 from Axeda Corp.
Create!form from Bottomline Technologies
Enterprise Returns Management from ClearOrbit
Click Commerce Network Logistics from Click Commerce
Workforce Management 3D from CyberShift, Inc.
3DLive from Dassault Systemes
E2open from E2open
Esker DeliveryWare from Esker
Frontier 2.2 from Friedman Corporation
Docu-Proof 3.0.1 from Global Vision Inc.
Managed Services from GXS
Business FLEX from Honeywell Process Solutions
OneWireless from Honeywell Process Solutions
Incuity EMI from Incuity Software Inc.
Infor SCM Warehouse Management from Infor
Infor PLM Optiva from Infor
Infor ERP LN from Infor
QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions Manufacturing Ed. 7.0 from Intuit Inc.
Point Of Sale from John Gault Solutions
Kronos for Manufacturing from Kronos Inc.
Lawson QuickStep Fashion from Lawson Software
Voyager Solutions from Logility, Inc.
Metastorm BPM from Metastorm
Direct Part Marking from Motorola
Tier Nth from National Logistics Management
NetSuite from NetSuite, Inc.
Omnify Product Lifecycle Management from Omnify Software
Plexus Online from Plexus Systems
Preactor APS from Preactor International
QAD Enterprise Applications 2007 from QAD Inc.
Ramco Business Process Delivery Suite from Ramco Systems
Enterprise Intelligence Platform from SAS
Savvion BusinessManager 7.0 from Savvion
Teamcenter 2007 from Siemens PLM Software
Enterprise RTView from SL Corporation
SmartForecasts Enterprise from Smart Software
SolidWorks Intelligent Feature Technology from SolidWorks Corp.
Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Suite from Sterling Commerce
Fluid Interface Design from SYSPRO
Demand Sensing from Terra Technology
Collaborative Information Manager from TIBCO Software
The Niagra Framework from Tridium, Inc.
Visiprise Manufacturing from Visiprise, Inc.
S2K Enterprise Edition for Manufacturing from Vormittag Associates, Inc.
RFID Real-Time Locating System from WhereNet Corp., a Zebra Technologies co.

To read more about the winners, don't miss the Fall issue of START-IT.