The manufacturer.com reported earlier this year that “the market for industrial and manufacturing software applications is set to grow by 50% within the next four years, from £13.4bn in 2019 to £20.7bn in 2024”. As more and more manufacturers adopt greater levels of automation and digitalisation, the resulting amount of data collected can reach astronomical quantities. But instead of getting lost in the chaos, manufacturers can harness the benefits of data through industrial software applications such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM).