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The 2008 START-IT 125 is a list of the most influential manufacturing technology providers as determined by the editors of START-IT magazine and editorial advisors. It is designed to provide a snapshot of the industrial market and the companies with the greatest impact on its direction.
| Company | Location | Business |
| ABAS USA Inc. | Asburn, Virginia | ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) | | Activplant Corp. | London, Ontario | Performance Management | | Adobe Systems Inc. | San Jose, California | Document Management | | AlarmPoint Systems | Pleasanton, California | Security Systems | | APL Logistics | Oakland, California | Logistics & Fulfillment | | Apriso Corporation | Long Beach, California | MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) | | Aras | Lawrence, Massachusetts | PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) | | Arena Solutions | Foster City, California | PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) | | Ariba | Sunnyvale, California | Accounting/Job Costing | | Aspen Technology | Burlington, Massachusetts | Industrial Solutions | | Autodesk | San Rafael, California | CAD (Computer-Aided Design) | | Avanade | Seattle, Washington | Lean Manufacturing | | Axeda Corp. | Foxboro, Massachusetts | Machine-to-Machine | | BAX | Richmond, Virginia | Logistics & Fulfillment | | BlueCielo ECM Solutions | Rijswijk, The Netherlands | Collaboration | | Camstar Systems Inc. | Charlotte, North Carolina | MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) | | CDC Software | Atlanta, Georgia | ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) | | Centric Software Inc. | San Jose, California | PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) | | Citect | Alpharetta, Georgia | MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) | | ClearOrbit | Austin, Texas | SCM (Supply-Chain Management) | | Click Commerce | Chicago, Illinois | SCM (Supply-Chain Management) | | CyberShift, Inc. | Parsippany, New Jersey | HR (Human Resources) | | Dassault Systemes | Paris, France | PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) | | Datacraft Solutions Inc. | Durham, North Carolina | Lean Manufacturing | | DHL | Plantation, Florida | Logistics & Fulfillment | | DSC Logistics | Des Plaines, Illinois | Logistics & Fulfillment | | E2open Inc. | Redwood City, California | SCM (Supply-Chain Management) | | Epicor Software Corp. | Irvine, California | ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) | | Exact Software North America | Andover, Massachusetts | ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) | | Exostar LLC | Herndon, Virginia | SCM (Supply-Chain Management) | | GE Fanuc | Charlottesville, Virginia | Industrial Solutions | | Glovia Intl. - A Fujitsu Co. | El Segundo, California | ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) | | GXS | Gaithersburg, Maryland | SCM (Supply-Chain Management) | | HighJump Software, a 3M Company | Eden Prairie, Minnesota | SCM (Supply-Chain Managemen) | | Honeywell Process Solutions | Phoenix, Arizona | Industrial Solutions | | HP | Palo Alto, California | Application Infrastructure | | i2 | Dallas, Texas | SCM (Supply-Chain Management) | | IBM | Armonk, New York | Application Infrastructure | | Iconics | Foxborough, Massachusetts | Industrial Solutions | | Infor | Alpharetta, Georgia | ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) | | Inovis | Alpharetta, Georgia | EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) | | Intuit | Mountain View, California | Accounting/Job Costing | | Invensys | London, Great Britain (U.K.) | Industrial Solutions | | IQMS | Paso Robles, California | ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) | | John Galt Solutions Inc. | Chicago, Illinois | Sales and Operations Management | | Kronos Inc. | Chelmsford, Massachusetts | HR (Human Resources) | | LANSA | Downers Grove, Illinois | Application Infrastructure | | Lantronix Inc. | Irvine, California | Asset Tracking | | Lattice Technology | San Francisco, California | CAD (Computer-Aided Design) | | Lawson Software | St. Paul, Minnesota | EAM (Enterprise Asset Management) | | Logility Inc. | Atlanta, Georgia | SCM (Supply-Chain Management) | | Lombardi Software Inc. | Austin, Texas | BPM (Business Process Management) | | Management Dynamics Inc. | East Rutherford, New Jersey | SCM (Supply-Chain Management) | | Manhattan Associates | Atlanta, Georgia | SCM (Supply-Chain Management) | | Matrikon Inc. | Edmonton, Alberta | Industrial Solutions | | MCA Solutions | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) | | Metastorm | Baltimore, Maryland | BPM (Business Process Management) | | Microsoft Corporation | Redmond, Washington | Project Management | | Model N | Redwood Shores, California | Sales and Operations Management | | MSC Software | Santa Anna, California | PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) | | New Momentum | San Clemente, California | SCM (Supply-Chain Management) | | Omnify Software | Andover, Massachusetts | PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) | | Optiant | Burlington, Massachusetts | SCN (Supply-Chain Management) | | Opto22 | Temecula, California | Industrial Solutions | | Oracle | Redwood Shores, California | ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) | | OSIsoft | San Leandro, California | Industrial Solutions | | Plexus Systems Inc. | Auburn Hills, Michigan | ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) | | Preactor Intl. | Wiltshire, England (U.K.) | APS (Advanced Planning & Scheduling) | | PTC | Needham, Massachusetts | PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) | | QAD | Carpinteria, California | ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) | | Questra Corp. | Redwood City, California | Machine-to-Machine | | Ramco Systems | Lawrenceville, New Jersey | BPM (Business Process Management) | | RedPrairie Corp. | Waukesha, Wisconsin | SCM (Supply-Chain Management) | | Right Hemisphere | Fremont, California | CAD (Computer-Aided Design) | | RuleStream | Wakefield, Massachusetts | PDM (Product-Data Management) | | Ryder | Miami, Florida | Logistics & Fulfillment | | Sage Software | Beaverton, Oregon | Inventory Management | | Salesforce.com Inc. | San Francisco, California | CRM (Customer-Relationship Mgmt.) | | SAP AG | Waldorf, Germany | ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) | | SAS Institute Inc. | Cary, North Carolina | Data Mining/Business Intelligence (BI) | | SAT Corp. | Houston, Texas | Mobile Task Management | | Savvion | Santa Clara, California | BPM (Business Process Management) | | Siemens AG | Munich, Germany | Industrial Solutions | | Silvon Software Inc. | Westmont, Illinois | Performance Management | | Smart Software | Belmont, Massachusetts | Demand Planning and Forecasting | | SoftBrands | Minneapolis, Minnesota | ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) | | SolidWorks Corp. | Concord, Massachusetts | CAD (Computer-Aided Design) | | Sterling Commerce | Dublin, Ohio | SCM (Supply-Chain Management) | | Sun Microsystems | Santa Clara, California | Application Infrastructure | | Surfware Inc. | Westlake Village, California | CAD (Computer-Aided Design) | | SYSPRO | Costa Mesa, California | ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) | | Technology Group International | Toledo, Ohio | ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) | | Terra Technology | Norwalk, Connecticut | Inventory Management | | TIBCO | Palo Alto, California | BPM (Business Process Management) | | UPS | Atlanta, Georgia | Logistics & Fulfillment | | VAI (Vormittag Associates Inc.) | Ronkonkoma, New York | ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) | | Visiprise | Alpharetta, Georgia | MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) | | Wonderware | Lake Forest, California | Industrial Solutions |
| Company | Location | Business |
| Access Commerce | Skokie, Illinois | Sales and Operations Management | | AL Systems Inc. | Rockaway, New Jersey | RFID/Wireless Sensor Networking (Radio Frequency Indentification) | | Apprion Inc. | Moffet Field, California | Engineering/Deployment Services | | Attent Systems | Lisle, Illinois | ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) | | Axentia | Mississauga, Ontario | ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) | | Axonom Inc. | Minneapolis, Minnesota | CRM (Customer-Relationship Mgmt.) | | BigMachines Inc. | Deerfield, Illinois | Sales and Operations Management | | Bitam | Roswell, Georgia | Data Mining/BI (Business Intelligence) | | Bottomline Technologies | Portsmouth, New Hampshire | Document Management | | CMS Software | Nashville, Tennessee | ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) | | Computer Aided Technology | Buffalo Grove, Illinois | CAD (Computer-Aided Design) | | Deacom, Inc. | Wayne, Pennsylvania | ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) | | DemandPoint | Englewood, Colorado | SCM (Supply-Chain Management) | | Esker | Madison, Wisconsin | Document Management | | Firepond Inc. | Framingham, Massachusetts | Sales and Operations Management | | Flexware Innovation | Fishers, Indiana | Industrial Solutions | | Incuity Software Inc. | Mission Viejo, California | Data Mining/BI (Business Intelligence) | | Information Builders | New York, New York | | | Matrix Technologies Inc. | Maumee, Ohio | Industrial Solutions | | Queen City Software Inc. | Cincinnati, Ohio | SCM (Supply-Chain Management) | | Right90 Inc. | Foster City, California | Sales and Operations Management | | Transpara Corp. | Pleasanton, California | Data Mining/BI (Business Intelligence) | | Ventyx | Atlanta, Georgia | Asset Tracking | | Wavecom SA | Cedex, France | Embedded Hardware | | Workday | Walnut Creek, California | ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) |
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