Engineering consulting firms provide engineering services and expertise to companies in need of a specialized skill-set.  Professionals in this category work with clients to define solutions to problems or to help determine and recommend the best course of action for a given initiative.

Dimensional and profile scanners gather two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) information about an object.

Computer-aided design (CAD) software, computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software, and computer-aided engineering (CAE) software is used in mechanical, electrical or electronic design; simulation, drafting, and engineering; and analysis and manufacturing

Test, inspection and measurement software is used to design, automate and implement the testing of instruments and equipment, and the measurement of device parameters

Scanning, OCR and imaging software is used in optical and document scanners, specialized imaging equipment, and optical character recognition (OCR) systems. Products are used to digitize, create, edit or evaluate images

PLM and PDM software is used to manage the entire life cycle of a product, or just the product's development, operation, and maintenance

Enterprise manufacturing intelligence (EMI) software provides real-time information about manufacturing processes. EMI software helps businesses optimize the performance of these processes and maximize yields

Calibration management software is used to generate documentation of calibration results, calibration certificates and reports. It also provides lookups of calibration procedures and database functions

Bar code software identifies or decodes bar code symbology, generates output strings corresponding to barcode values, creates bar code fonts, prints bar codes, and/or performs tracking, etc

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software supports the entire business process. Typically, ERP consists of modules such as marketing and sales, field service, production, inventory control, procurement, distribution, human resources (HR), etc

Manufacturing support software is used in shop floor, process, tool and maintenance management

Data acquisition, SCADA and analysis software is designed to collect, record, store, present and analyze data collected from sensors and other digital devices

Business process management (BPM) software enables companies to map, model and improve business processes across the organization. Companies use BPM software to define business rules, model current processes, and identify areas for improvement

Bus analysis software is used to analyze, manage, and interpret data from one or more computer buses

Computational fluid dynamics software (CFD) is used for the calculation of flow parameters in fluids, and for the design and simulation of the behavior of fluidic systems