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title: Five levels of manufacturing collaboration
description: Effective collaboration platform in manufacturing is the key to high performance that could help businesses overtake their competitor in this volatile world.
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# **Five levels of manufacturing collaboration**

How to plan and build an effective collaboration platform for the stringent demands of manufacturing

**Manufacturers’ benefit from collaboration when:**

- It provides a clear business focus that consumer social platforms lack
- The collaboration system also serves as a knowledge management platform
- It captures transactional data, resources, and assets, as well as social interactions

**In this whitepaper, you will learn why manufacturing collaboration is different and five levels of collaboration in manufacturing industry including:**

- Collaboration between employees
- Collaboration between systems, resources, and things
- Design and engineering collaboration
- Vendor and customer collaboration
- Collaborative reporting and analytics

Top manufacturing executives recognise the value of effective collaboration. In a recent study, The Aberdeen Group found that 43% of manufacturers surveyed expect improved collaboration to yield shorter time-to-market for new products; 29% aim for a better innovation process; and 26% expect collaboration to reduce operational costs.

Download the whitepaper *(fill out the form in the right column*) and find out how to plan and build an effective collaboration platform for the stringent demands of manufacturing.

**Download white paper:**

**Five levels of manufacturing collaboration**

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