Technology
Matchmaker for
Manufacturing
Manufacturing companies of all shapes and sizes, and operating in all sectors, are being impacted by a once in a generation technology transformation. It is an opportunity to make significant gains across the factory floor, back-office functions, and distribution network.
The Technology Matchmaker for Manufacturing is designed to help leaders of manufacturing businesses find the technology that will help them with this strategic business transformation. Our goal is to bring the very latest, cutting-edge technology vendors to your door. Whether they be in the Factory 4.0 space, AI, robotics and others, or software underpinning the major departments in the business - like HR, finance and supply chain technology.
Our Viewpoint Analysis Technology list features over 4,000 global technology businesses - it is this that underpins our knowledge of technology companies that can help your manufacturing business succeed and take a step towards changing and dominating your subsector.
CXO
Matchmakers
If you are looking for technology to help your specific department rather than industry, take a look at our list of Technology Areas (in the website heading dropdown) to find how we help your line of business - from HR Director to Finance Director, and from Data to Customer Experience (CX) - focusing on technology that is important to your specific areas of remit.
Frequent Asked Questions
What technology areas do you cover with the Manufacturing Technology Matchmaker?
We cover the full software and services marketplace. As a Technology Matchmaker, Viewpoint Analysis simply connects customers with a need, to those manufacturing technology providers that can deliver the solution to the need. Our job is to understand what the business really needs, and then bring the right vendors to the table to be able to offer suitable solutions.
As such, we provide the Technology Matchmaker Service to any line of business. From Factory 4.0 to HR and Finance and from Marketing to Operations and Supply Chain. We also perform this service for the CEO and his/her executive leadership team, or the Board of Directors.
How can Viewpoint Analysis help us with our Project?
The Manufacturing Technology Matchmaker introduces technology vendors that can help with particular issues. Our job is to understand the marketplace - so that when our customer needs those new technology ideas, we can quickly bring the right technology vendors to the table.
If our clients know what they need, we run market assessments (our Technology Matchmaker) and RFPs (through our Rapid RFP service) to quickly find the right technology to meet their needs.
Do you only work with certain software vendors?
No, we are not tied to any software vendor and do not receive any compensation for introducing our clients to them or bringing them into a selection process. We only work on behalf of our clients - you. Our service is built to help the business teams to find and select new technology and therefore we will go to whichever vendor can offer the right service to our client. Furthermore, we only act as a matchmaker - meaning that we bring the different vendor options, but ultimately it is the customer team and their leadership that make the vendor selection.
How long does a Vendor Selection Process take to complete?
We strongly believe that a software selection process should be quick and easy - both for the customer team and also for the software vendor and systems integrator (if applicable). There is a business requirement that is driving the selection process, and we want to make sure that our clients get on to implementing the tech rather than running a vendor selection process. Our Rapid RFP is designed to quickly find and then select the right technology vendor for the customer - we expect the process to be completed in a few weeks (an average of 6 to 7 if we go from a standing start).
Can you run an RFP process for us?
Yes, we can run an RFP but our vendor selection process is not an old-school RFP process, it is super-quick and super easy to run. We want the process to be simple for the buying team and simple for the technology vendors. We want to drive the software selection decision in the quickest possible time - whilst getting the right solution. We also want to build a partnership between the IT vendor and the business team.