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Hemant Makhija

Senior Director of Product Marketing, Plex Systems

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Hemant Makhija served as senior director of product marketing for Plex Systems from January 2014 to March 2019.

3 Important Ways Cloud ERP Helps You Improve Supply Chain Performance

Hemant Makhija March 17, 2017

Market dynamics force you to meet delivery and cost targets while collaborating more closely than ever before. Without visibility of your supply chain, it’s difficult to drive down the cost of operations and reduce your time-to-market. Manufacturing cloud ERP with supply chain planning (SCP) and management gives you greater visibility, agility, and collaboration since your supply chain operations…

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Gain a Competitive Advantage by Connecting Your Manufacturing Business

Hemant Makhija March 2, 2017

One of the reasons more manufacturing companies are moving their ERP and manufacturing execution system (MES) to the cloud is the ability to connect people, processes, machines, systems, and applications easily. What once was primarily an IT discussion has now become a business expectation—connect everything for a holistic, single version of truth for the enterprise....

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How to Integrate Cloud ERP into Your Manufacturing Business

Hemant Makhija February 9, 2017

The word “integrate” has one connotation to technical people, and it usually involves making systems work together. I would like to use the word in another way: combining the best of two things so that they become a whole. In this case the two things I am talking about are:...

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5 Tips on Selecting an ERP from Manufacturers Who've Been There, Done That

Hemant Makhija January 24, 2017

If you are in the midst of choosing an ERP system, we understand your struggle. You’re trying to please executives and end users alike. You have dozens of possible platforms to consider. And it’s important for you to get this right, because you want your system to last at least 10 years (or more). We’ve helped many companies through the ERP evaluation process. Here are our top five ERP selection…

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