# Which manufacturing intelligence platforms connect to the plant and enterprise systems already running?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Question for anyone who's had to integrate a new MI platform into an existing stack. Which manufacturing intelligence platforms connect to the plant and enterprise systems already running, rather than asking the shop floor and head office to both change how they work.</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Connecting to the shop floor is only half of it. The platform still has to talk to whatever's already running in the front office. A few on G2's<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/manufacturing-intelligence"> </a><a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/manufacturing-intelligence">manufacturing intelligence</a> list are built specifically around that dual connection:</p><ul>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/trendminer/reviews"><strong>TrendMiner</strong></a> (4.6/5, 175+ reviews): integrates directly with existing plant historians like AVEVA PI, Yokogawa Exaquantum, and Honeywell PHD, rather than requiring a new data layer.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/amper/reviews"><strong>Amper</strong></a> (4.4/5, 20+ reviews): built for seamless integration with existing ERP systems, connecting shop floor IoT data to the systems head office already relies on.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/factbird/reviews"><strong>Factbird</strong></a> (4.5/5, 60+ reviews): edge devices and sensors feed a cloud application without requiring the underlying plant equipment to change.</li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">For anyone who's connected a new platform to an old plant historian: how much of the integration work was the vendor's job versus yours?</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"></p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"></p>

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- Posted at: 16 days ago
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## Comments
### Comment 1

&lt;p&gt;I’d want to know how much mapping and maintenance still falls on the internal team after the first connection is live. A platform can integrate with historians and ERP systems, but ongoing schema changes and legacy quirks are usually where the real effort shows up.&lt;/p&gt;

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- Posted at: 15 days ago
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