Survey Results: Shop Floor Investments that Drive Manufacturing Growth How are the fastest growing plastics manufacturers able to achieve more revenue growth than their peers? The answers are in the results from this recent survey of US plastic and metal manufacturers. Today’s most successful manufacturers develop a unique series of process and production skills that enable them to translate their machinery & plant investments into greater production run flexibility and quality. Download the survey results…
Shopfloor Automation
Customized Automation Tools To Help Improve Operational Efficiency
Customized Automation Tools To Help Improve Operational Efficiency Customized innovations on the shop floor are the way of the future for many manufacturing companies to operate leaner, seek operational efficiency and boost market differentiation in today’s competitive marketplace. Where do you turn to get the automation program started? You have two options: Team up with your ERP vendor or develop it on your own. The whitepaper, Customized Innovation, discusses the benefits of each option, as well…
Shop Floor control that will help you reduce downtime, eliminate overruns, and improve quality
Shop Floor control that will help you reduce downtime, eliminate overruns, and improve quality In the realm of demand-driven manufacturing, where manufacturers must consistently do more with less, real-time visibility to information from the shop floor is imperative. DELMIAworks goes beyond the collection and integration of shop floor data. Real-time shop floor functionality is a core component within the manufacturing ERP system. We make this data visible and actionable – in an instant – to…
Improve Production Performance with Real-Time Monitoring
Improve Production Performance with Real-Time Monitoring The need for real-time data from the plant floor has never been greater for manufacturers looking for ways to improve processes, increase the efficiency of plant floor resources, and remain agile and responsive to dynamic customer demands. Starting with the translation of product designs and concepts, to initial Bill of Material (BOM) pricing, production scheduling, product inspection and quality, and fulfillment, DELMIAworks real-time monitoring keeps every production phase…
Monitor Machine Performance With Manufacturing Process Monitoring Software
Monitor Machine Performance With Manufacturing Process Monitoring Software Bottom Line: Capturing machine process and measurement data with real-time process monitoring helps manufacturers improve quality and compliance, while also increasing production yields and shop floor productivity. Manufacturers are continually faced with the challenges of improving time-to-market while reducing production costs and increasing quality. Given the massive amount of data a typical production plant generates daily, it can be challenging to decipher which data signals matter the…
Using Real-Time Data to Win New Business
Using Real-Time Data to Win New Business Bottom Line: Manufacturers are achieving only 40% of their potential because they’re spending too much valuable time manually updating inventory control, production reporting, and pricing reports when their competitors using real-time data to get the data they need to win deals and plan next-generation real-time factories Manual Reporting Creates Mediocre Results Relying only on manually-produced reports, manufacturers are able to use at best 40% of their production capacity based on interviews and plant…
How Proper Label Controls Can Help Your Manufacturing Plant
How Proper Label Controls Can Help Your Manufacturing Plant From nutrition labels to warning labels and address labels to shipping labels, those sticky pieces of paper are pervasive in our everyday lives. And let’s not forget to mention the importance of labels and, more specifically, proper label controls when running a modern manufacturing facility. From business showstoppers such as compliance issues to the mis-shipment of products, improper labeling can genuinely affect a manufacturers’ bottom line. Benefits of…
Manufacturing Gains From Machine Learning
Manufacturing Gains From Machine Learning Improving semiconductor manufacturing yields up to 30%, reducing scrap rates, and optimizing fab operations is achievable with machine learning. Reducing supply chain forecasting errors by 50% and lost sales by 65% with better product availability is achievable with machine learning. Automating quality testing using machine learning is increasing defect detection rates up to 90%. Bottom line: Machine learning algorithms, applications, and platforms are helping manufacturers find new business models, fine-tune product quality,…