Hosted software offerings are taking root across the manufacturing business model.
By Brad Kenney
Sept. 1, 2007 — The SaaS “software delivery service” has so many potential business advantages that on-demand applications are appearing across the manufacturing business model, coming from companies as small as startups all the way up to the sluggers of the software field.
Here’s just a few of the companies involved in making your life easier, and their current on-demand offerings.
Adaptive Planning — hosted software for budget forecasting and financial reporting analysis
Advanced Design Resources — on-demand project and data management
Alliance Consulting Group – SaaS business intelligence solutions
Arena Solutions – PLM solutions on-demand
Autodesk — on-demand collaborative project management solutions (Buzzsaw, Constructware)
Bluewolf — SaaS ERP software solutions
Boomi On Demand — on-demand integration service for SaaS providers and customers
Brainshark – on-demand business communications
Business Objects — SaaS business intelligence
Citrix Online – real-time collaboration solutions (GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar etc.)
Cognos – SaaS business intelligence and performance management solutions
Concur – on-demand travel and expense management
Digital River — e-commerce solution for consumer technology manufacturers
E2Open – supply chain SaaS for global supply networks
Edge Dynamics — demand management SaaS solutions for life sciences companies
Epicor — Tax Connect SaaS software
Eproject — SaaS project and portfolio management software
Everdream — on-demand desktop management software services
Everest – integrated business process management software for SMBs
Firepond – web-based quote-to-order fulfillment software solutions
Glovia Services – on-demand ERP for SMBs
GoXSell — web-based CRM application
Infostreet — SaaS sales software solutions
InfinityQS — fully managed, web-based enterprise and supply chain quality management software
IQMS — web-based portals for ERP applications
IQNavigator – SaaS services procurement and spend management software and services
Ketera – on-demand spend management and procurement solutions
Kinaxis — on-demand supply chain response management service
LeanLogistics — transportation management and supply chain optimization software and services
LogiXML — SaaS business intelligence applications
Microsoft – on-demand offerings include Dynamics Live CRM
NetSuite — integrated web-based business software suite for SMBs
Oracle — Oracle On Demand SaaS CRM
Plexus Online — on-demand manufacturing performance systems specialist
QAD — enterprise-level SaaS ERP suite
QuickArrow — SaaS project resource management and business analytics
RightNow Technologies – on-demand customer relationship management solution
salesforce.com — CRM SaaS innovators
SAP — SaaS offerings include A1S on-demand ERP software and MySAP CRM
SAS — business intelligence on-demand
Sensicast — Web-based controls and systems monitoring
Solidware Technologies – SaaS software code validation applications
SuccessFactors — on-demand employee performance monitoring software
Taleo — on-demand talent management solutions
3 Olive — SaaS portfolio management software
Ultimate Software – SaaS HR, payroll and talent management solutions
WebEx — on-demand collaboration, online meeting, web conferencing and video conferencing
Workstream — talent management SaaS solution
