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hese partners demand greater visibility into production, tighter compliance standards and rapid response to disruption, all while seeking lower costs for these services.
Manufacturers face the daunting challenge of at the same time. Here, Josephine Coombe at Nulogy explores how an integrated operating layer can help manufacturers achieve these goals. Last year was a mixed experience for UK
manufacturers. Labour shortages continued to be a serious concern, with an estimated 46,000 of manufacturing professionals identifying the lack of skilled workers as their biggest obstacle to growth. Despite the manufacturing skills gap, industry
factory output increased by 3.4 per cent to nearly cent increase in productivity. Whilst this growth represents a clear
achievement for the industry, the pressures on UK manufacturers continue to intensify. Alongside workforce shortages and associated productivity gaps, the industry faces rising demands for transparency, ever tighter compliance standards and a volatile global market which requires faster response times to avoid delays or disruptions. At the heart of these challenges is data.
gathering and analysing information is critical for manufacturers looking to not only monitor
THE REALITY OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION The potential of digitalisation is no secret. A transformation as the top priority for almost half of manufacturing leaders. But the reality is that digital adoption to date has been slow. This lag can be attributed to several factors, including the anxiety of change and assumed implementation cost. As a result, many leaders their current data, due to poor visibility arising This lack of operational visibility not only hampers decision making, it also represents a blocker for emerging technologies. While many recognise the opportunities offered by AI, how they are collecting and managing their data. A repeatable, scalable way of running operations is needed to create the foundation and data integrity required to scale AI and automation, and for many, this is currently out of reach.
HOW LEGACY SYSTEMS CREATE DATA BLIND SPOTS resulted in a series of disparate points solutions manual support. A single plant may include an
PRESSURES
By Josephine Coombe, Chief Commercial Officer for Europe, Nulogy
For today’s manufacturing companies, the pressure from brands, retailers and OEM has reached a tipping point
enterprise resource planning system (ERP) and warehouse management system (WMS) along with separately managed spreadsheets or tools for maintenance, quality control and production monitoring. In these scenarios, disconnected
Communication between these systems often requires manual data entry, which is not only for input error and data latency. As a result, making and teams struggle to address issues proactively.
THE ADVANTAGE OF A MANUFACTURING OPERATING SYSTEM Whilst the implementation of a fully integrated solution might feel like an impossibility for manufacturers currently locked into legacy systems, scalable platforms can offer a phased solution. Platforms such as Nulogy’s Manufacturing
Operating System (MOS) bring production, quality, compliance, maintenance and warehouse execution into a shared data analytics and visibility. This connectivity allows manufacturers to integrate their systems with ERPs, machines and homegrown systems feeding into one shared data foundation. It can
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also extend the lifespan of legacy solutions like WMS and MES.
allows manufacturers to roll out integration at a rate that suits them, starting with their greatest pain point and expanding as needs evolve.
end visibility, which in turn delivers greater standards of quality and compliance, cost and manufacturing.
Nulogy
www.nulogy.com
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