Six strategies for maximising manufacturing productivity with connected workers

Manufacturers are under increasing pressure to respond quickly to demand fluctuations, adapt to resource shortages, control costs — and still get quality products out the door on time.

In fact, the manufacturing industry is more competitive, complex, and unpredictable than ever before

Today’s best-in-class manufacturers are moving to a connected workforce, to maximise productivity and overcome these challenges.

Connected workers are empowered with the technologies, tools, and insights they need to excel.

Sharing real-time data and insights wherever and whenever employees need it breaks down the barriers between siloed departments for a more adaptive workforce and improves productivity by

  • Anticipating (& acting on) rapid changes
  • Solving problems in real-time
  • Maximising resources
  • Improving quality to reduce losses
  • Preventing human errors and working through the most complex of tasks.

Enable connected workforces to ensure your manufacturing company grows

Our partner DELMIAWorks has identified six connected workforce strategies for manufacturers to maximise productivity:

1. Drive towards data democratisation

Data is no longer just the jurisdiction of the C-Suite, senior management and analysts. Empower employees on the shop floor with the quality data they need to adapt to fast-moving production plans and make decisions on the fly.

2. Utilise smarter, better sensors

Investment in smart machines (and retrofitting existing machinery with smart sensors) is on the rise. Smart machines can provide valuable data and metrics, like production, utilisation, wear, and energy use, to improve production efficiency and product quality.

3. Apply real-time analytics

A connected workforce relies on reliable data to access the new and unpredicted insights which can increase production efficiency and quality. Applying real-time analytics at every phase of the manufacturing execution allows you to fine-tune and optimise your manufacturing operation.

4. Drive digital workflows with touchscreen interfaces

Give workers on the shop floor easy access to the information they need to improve production efficiency. Touch-screen shop floor interfaces can ‘blur the line’ between workers and systems, by streamlining access to real-time data.

5. Enable remote access

Remote working is almost a given in today’s post-pandemic world. Give employees remote access to ERP, MES and customer relationship management (CRM) solutions to empower the back-office employees keeping supply chains, production scheduling, shipping, and customer service on track, wherever they are located.

6. Modernise quoting and pricing

Streamline customer experiences with online ordering by implementing a modern quoting and pricing system. Get quoted orders communicated accurately to the shop floor with state-of-the-art sales and product quoting systems, to improve connected worker productivity.

Download this whitepaper to understand how you can implement each of these strategies to maximise manufacturing productivity and keep workers connected to create an ideal environment — despite rapid changes and unpredictability in the manufacturing supply chain.

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DELMIAWorks manufacturing ERP software

DELMIAWorks (formerly IQMS) provides mid-market discrete and process manufacturers with an end-to-end ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) System and real-time production monitoring solution, to improve the efficiency and productivity of your manufacturing business.