Drive IT Operational Excellence: Break Down Silos with Real-Time Data Delivery

Addressing operations challenges with technology Catavolt launched a survey titled “How Leading Manufacturers are Accelerating Operational Excellence” in September 2014, to gain insight on how manufacturing organizations are working to continuously improve their operations, workflows and business processes.

We collected 111 responses from manufacturing professionals in various disciplines on trends and technology that are driving operational excellence. Increased competition in the market, meeting customer expectations, rapidly changing plant floor conditions, and the need to increase revenue, is pushing manufacturing organizations across all industries towards more efficient operational processes.

Manufacturing organizations are increasing operational excellence investments in 2015

•  Manufacturing organizations are constantly facing challenges to accelerate decision making and efficiency needed to produce quality products, goods and services.

•  New technology is allowing manufacturing teams to break down data silos from multiple information systems, and easily collaborate together in one place.

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But, when data is being stored in multiple systems in-cluding Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Warehouse Management System (EMS), Supply Chain Management (SCM), and Client Relationship Management (CRM) sys-tems, it is harder to determine its integrity as teams compare and synchronize it across multiple systems.

Data “silos” are described as a system that is unable to operate with any other system. These silos typically occur because of how an organization’s information or data system is constructed. So, why break down these data silos?

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Is your manufacturing organization having issues with data integrity, reliability and relevance?

If data is already outdated by the time your man-ufacturing teams access it to get their jobs done, your organization may need to review how data is stored in information systems across multiple departments.

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Why do manufacturing organizations need real-time data?

To create, develop and manufacture a great tool or product, manufacturing organizations require real-time, synchronized data.

•  Managers in manufacturing organizations are often responsible for one specific department, each with different priorities, daily tasks, goals, and visions. Often unaware of the vision and goals of other departments.

•  In order to get the job done effectively and efficiently, real-time data is a critical component for a manufacturing organization’s operational excellence initiatives.

•  With the data teams need, manufacturers have the ability to perform activities such as transmitting information and getting immediate responses to increase or reduce production.

How mobile apps helps manufacturing organizations

Mobile apps for manufacturing provide real-time data that helps organizations streamline operations and improve workforce optimization

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With access to real-time data on a mobile device, your manu-facturing operations team can easily access sales number and KPI dashboards needed to make important decisions on placing orders, raw material inventory, hiring, shipping, and managing costs.

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Access to real-time data means fewer human errors, and less time and money spent on paper-based processes. When your manufacturing teams can access real-time data with the tap of an app, they can easily make decisions based on the latest infor-mation that is critical to operations. When this information is stored and edited on a mobile app, it is less likely that there will be human errors, and less time is spent writing, printing, copying, and scanning paper forms.

Is your manufacturing team taking the right steps to access real-time data?

Access to real-time data drives organizational collaboration and communication.

Mobility with real-time data gives manufacturing teams the abil-ity to collaborate with each other in multiple locations, increases productivity, and streamlines processes to guarantee high quality production and better decision making.

Is your manufacturing team taking the right steps to access real-time data?

Access to real-time data means your team spends less time searching for the information they need, and more time getting the job done. Mobility with real-time data encourage a culture of integrity and con-tinuous improvement. Real-time data with mobility, gives your teams WKH�SRZHU�QHHGHG�WR�HIĆFLHQWO\�SURGXFH�DQG�VHOO�TXDOLW\�SURGXFWV�DQG�goods, and contend on a global market.

Examples of pre-built manufacturing apps

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Monitor production volume and get disruption alerts

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Dispatch Scheduling

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Warehouse Automation

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Learn more about how mobile apps drive manufacturing operational excellence

• Addressing the challenge of data silos in

manufacturing organizations and how real-time

data delivered using mobile apps can help

• How manufacturing organizations are using

technology like mobility to accelerate their

operational excellence initiatives

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Click here to see examples of mobile apps that can help you breakdown data silos