The goal of this white paper is to educate IT and Line-of-Business executives on what approach is now possible—validated by two case studies—when utilizing an IT platform-based approach to deploy a global solution for Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM). This approach can deliver a globally harmonized plant network that can yield operational and agility benefits and competitive advantage across your organization. And, with the necessary agility to easily support global continuous process improvement, the benefits of your implemented solution will continue to increase over time.