Factory stuck on Excel — AI-driven manufacturing ERP to automate shop floor

Factory stuck on Excel — AI-driven manufacturing ERP to automate shop floor targets a $60.0B = 1,500,000 manufacturers globally x $40K ACV (global ERP + automation spend) total addressable market with medium saturation and a year-over-year growth rate of 8% CAGR (ERP/manufacturing software market).

Key trends driving demand: LLM-enabled workflows -- natural-language interfaces let shop-floor staff interact with ERP without retraining, accelerating adoption.; IIoT edge compute -- cheap sensors and edge ML enable real-time telemetry and predictive maintenance previously too costly.; Cloud ERP modernization -- mid-market is replacing legacy on-prem systems with cloud-native stacks to reduce ops cost and speed integrations.; Composable SaaS & APIs -- API-first modules make prebuilt integrations and faster time-to-value possible for verticalized ERPs..