Surveys show midsize manufacturers are increasing investment in enterprise resource planning (ERP) to stay competitive. Manufacturers want the benefits of integrated data, streamlined processes, and managed inventory that ERP, as a system of record, brings to bear.

Hunter Manufacturing - one of the world's largest producers of heating and protective filtration systems - is a good example of what a midsize company can accomplish with a disciplined approach to gaining ERP value, in concert with a vendor that has the functionality, technology, domain expertise, and services to support the effort. Hunter chose to work with SAP, the world's most successful ERP provider.