Tulip Application Management
Continuous Optimization for Your Digital Manufacturing Operations
Implementing Tulip is just the beginning. As your operations evolve, your applications, workflows, and dashboards need to evolve with them. SPK’s Tulip Application Management service ensures your Tulip environment continues to deliver value long after go-live — adapting to new processes, plants, and performance goals across your manufacturing enterprise.
From Implementation to Continuous Improvement
Modern manufacturers know that digital transformation doesn’t stop at deployment. Production methods change, operators discover better ways of working, and new product lines introduce new requirements. SPK works alongside your team — from operators on the floor to process engineers and plant managers — to understand what’s working, what’s not, and how Tulip can be refined to support your next stage of growth.
We don’t just “support” Tulip. We actively manage and enhance it so your investment keeps pace with your business.
How SPK Helps Manufacturers Thrive Post-Implementation
With decades of experience supporting digital manufacturing environments, SPK bridges the gap between IT, operations, and engineering. Through our Tulip Application Management service, we help you:
- Continuously Improve Processes – Review and refine apps, dashboards, and connectors to match evolving workflows or quality initiatives.
- Adapt to New Ways of Working – Translate operator feedback into system updates — ensuring Tulip reflects how your teams actually work, not how the system was originally configured.
- Scale Across Plants or Product Lines – Replicate proven workflows to new facilities while maintaining local flexibility and compliance.
- Boost Efficiency and Visibility – Identify opportunities to automate data collection, standardize reporting, and surface real-time KPIs for better decision-making.
- Enhance the Value of Your Tulip Investment – Use allocated service hours each month to make meaningful updates that keep your digital operations aligned with business priorities.
A Managed Service Built for Agility
SPK’s Tulip Application Management is delivered as a managed service, with a defined allocation of hours each month dedicated to your environment. This structure gives your team predictable access to Tulip experts who can:
- Implement configuration updates and small feature enhancements.
- Support integrations with other enterprise or shop-floor systems.
- Provide proactive recommendations for optimization.
- Conduct reviews with your manufacturing and operations teams to plan the next cycle of improvements.
This agile, continuous-improvement model keeps your digital operations dynamic, relevant, and fully aligned with production needs — without requiring additional full-time resources.
What makes SPK and Associates different?
Customer Relationships
Typically, our clients choose to collaborate with SPK and Associates for an extended period, often spanning over 8 years.
Regulated Industries
20+ years of experience with medical device, aerospace, automotive and other regulated industries
Hardware + Software
Uniquely positioned with years of understanding of both hardware and software product development
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ACEs
SPK consistently ensures compliance, quality, and cost-efficiency when accelerating products to market
Get your MES Roadmap
Ready to take your manufacturing operations to the next level? Contact SPK’s MES experts today to schedule a consultation. Our team will help you evaluate your current processes, identify opportunities for improvement, and design a roadmap that aligns technology, compliance, and efficiency for lasting success.
What Our Clients Say
SPK has been an invaluable partner in transforming our software development process. With SPK's guidance, our team embraced efficient methodologies and cutting-edge tools, significantly improving our development cycle and product quality.
Joshua Talbert
CEO, mysherpas
Working with SPK feels like working with co-workers in my company, not like interacting with a typical technical support vendor. SPK staff are responsive and partner with me.
Jay DiToro
Director of Systems & Technology, Veranex
The personalized attention and detailed communication we receive working with SPK and Associates is pretty special. The accessibility of SPK team members is impressive.
Evan Bruck
Director, Active Device Research and Development, BBraun Medical Inc.
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