A good analogy for this that’s risen in popularity is Pizza as a Service. On one end of the spectrum you have a completely homemade pizza. You source the ingredients, make the pizza dough, bake it in your own oven, using your own energy, and you serve it on your own table. This is your traditional, all on premises solution. In the middle you have take-and-bake pizzas and delivery pizzas. These have some of the responsibility taken off your plate (pun certainly intended), whether that’s the creation and sourcing of ingredients or the use of the pizza joint’s ovens. But, some elements are still provided by yourself. These are your Infrastructure/Platform as a Service analogues. Finally you’ve got a dine in experience where every element is provided to you by the restaurant you’re dining at. This is where SaaS lives. Expanding on that analogy, you can see that SaaS offers serious benefits. Not only are you getting a software solution that’s updated regularly, you’re also receiving the benefits of every enhancement the software provider makes; from better equipment, more stable platforms, new technologies and improved delivery methods. As their security improves, so does yours. As their infrastructure improves, so does yours. As everything on the SaaS provider’s end improves, so does yours. Affordability What do you get with SaaS SHOP FLOOR CONNECTIVITY ACROSS YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN