Making the value of technology clear
How can recipe-based producers ensure cost-efficiency and consistent, high-quality products no matter where they are formulated or produced? By implementing enterprise recipe management (ERM) with a manufacturing execution system (MES) to deliver closed-loop data flows in and out of production. Leading Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), specialty chemical, and other manufacturers are standardizing for ERM. Quite…
How can companies be sure to gain value from manufacturing analytics and AI projects? It turns out benefits are ubiquitous for those who have invested. Yet the Top Performers in our new survey of over 400 manufacturing respondents indicates some key differences that improve their results. Please enjoy the summary* below. For the full research,…
How do you accelerate the co-development of hardware and software for your products? Today’s products increasingly rely on software for innovation. Yet, development teams follow different processes and use separate tools to support the engineering and development of hardware and software. This creates silos within the development team that causes breakdowns in communication and hurts…
As highlighted in a Tech-Clarity eBook, “Extending the Digital Thread to the Customer Experience,” manufacturers who maintain accurate, up-to-date, and trusted digital thread data with complete service and maintenance records offer superior customer experience. Additionally, these manufacturers reduce service costs and increase customer confidence by avoiding multiple service visits and fixing issues perfectly the first…
As highlighted in a Tech-Clarity report, “Drive Higher Profits with IoT Machine Monitoring and Optimization,” Top Performers are more likely to integrate machine data, enterprise systems, engineering data, and operational systems to drive higher profitability. This integration improves their ability to offer low-cost service, keep unplanned downtime low, troubleshoot machine problems quickly, provide data security,…
How can manufacturers take advantage of the benefits of product customization without suffering from decreased profitability? We gathered responses from 234 companies involved with to-order products and interviewed two leading manufacturers to find out how to improve product configuration. Read on or click here to download the full report with no registration required, courtesy of…