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Industry 07 · Manufacturing

Reach the plant floorand the boardroom.

Manufacturing buyers judge everything against downtime and payback period. The operational people who live with the system and the executives who fund it need different arguments, and both have to be convinced.

By the numbersLidespy
Typical evaluation cycle
6–12 mo
The measure that decides it
ROI
Countries covered
50+
Committee roles mapped per account
9
Operations decides, finance approvesDowntime is the real objectionPayback, peers and proof on siteTargeting by site, not just by companyOperations decides, finance approvesDowntime is the real objectionPayback, peers and proof on siteTargeting by site, not just by company
Who we reach
COOPlant ManagerSupply Chain

Industrial technology, supply chain, and operational software

01

Operations decides, finance approves

A plant manager who does not believe a system will survive contact with the floor can end an evaluation regardless of the business case. Operational credibility comes before the financial argument, not after it.

COOs and heads of operations on the strategic case
Plant and production managers on practical fit
Supply chain and procurement leads on continuity
Finance on payback period and capital approval
02

Downtime is the real objection

The question underneath every manufacturing evaluation is what happens to production during changeover. Until that has a credible answer, nothing else in the pitch is being heard.

Implementation downtime addressed before features
Pilot on a single line or site before rollout
Capital expenditure cycles that gate timing
Legacy and OT integration raised as a hard constraint
03

Payback, peers and proof on site

This sector responds to arithmetic and to peers. A credible payback calculation and a comparable plant that made the change are worth more than any amount of positioning.

ROI and payback-period content with defensible numbers
Peer case evidence from comparable operations
Trade event and industry webinar promotion
Direct outreach into named plants and groups
04

Targeting by site, not just by company

Manufacturing groups buy at group level and at site level, often independently. Targeting the parent alone misses the plant where the actual problem is being felt.

Site-level as well as group-level account targeting
Facility size, output and sector filters
Technographic targeting on ERP and MES systems
Verified direct contact for plant-level roles
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Reach operations and finance with the right argument each.

Tell us what you replace on the floor and we will map the plants and groups running it.

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