Industrial Smart Operations Management Systems

Industrial Smart Operations Management (ISOM) systems are third-generation systems that automate operational decision-making, coordinate process flow, and eliminate “intelligent grunt work” in manufacturing, distribution, and other industrial organizations.

ISOM systems:

• Increase sales by enabling lower prices and faster delivery than competitors
• Drive repeat business by ensuring accurate, on-time, defect-free shipments
• Reduce overhead costs by automating routine operational coordination and support tasks
• Ensure regulatory compliance through automated data capture, traceability, and reporting
• Prevent costly errors by alerting managers before critical mistakes occur

ISOM systems are especially applicable to smaller and mid-size (SME) industrial enterprises which do not have large centralized operations management support organizations, whose cost is spread over many facilities. Typically smaller enterprises today deploy stand-alone ISOM systems to eliminate paper forms and Excel-based processes, while mid-sized enterprises use them to augment and extend their ERP systems.

In today's challenging business environment, with fragmented supply chains, ISOM systems also help resolve coordination complexity problems for make-to-order manufacturers and for industrial distributors performing secondary operations for their customers.

Website Overview:

This website is a repository of:

1. Educational Resources consisting of videos, white papers and other materials related to the implementation of industrial smart operations management (ISOM) systems
2. Information about the SmartOps24x7 Software Suite SmartOps24x7(pronounced Smart Ops 24 by 7) is an affordable open-architecture software suite that has been used by many industrial SME organizations over the past two decades to implement ISOM Systems. This includes user manuals, data sheets, training videos, and technical notes.
3. Partner Network provides contact information for organizations and consultants that offer services, equipment and supplies and who are available to assist industrial organizations to implement ISOM systems.