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The smart factory Part 1: Digitization, digitalization and digital

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

The digital transformation of the operations and processes of factories and supply chains is based upon digitization of carefully selected machines and digitalization of the related business processes. So here goes – read on for a greater understanding of these concepts and the role they play in your journey to a smart factory.

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The smart factory Part 3: What does the factory of the future look like

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

IoT sensors in the supply chain and robotics in factories are fluently available. In the last decade alone, we have seen factories move from basic digitization to more predictive power. In part 1 of the smart factory series we unpacked digitization, digitalization and digital transformation.

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The smart factory Part 4: What skills do manufacturers and distributors need in the factory of the future?

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

As manufacturers and distributors inject their operations with innovative technologies in an effort to transform them into smart factories, a shift in how those factories are staffed has emerged. Reskilling and attracting a smart factory workforce. As factories add smarter tech, they’ll need people to manage it.

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The smart factory Part 3: What does the factory of the future look

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

IoT sensors in the supply chain and robotics in factories are fluently available. In the last decade alone, we have seen factories move from basic digitization to more predictive power. In part 1 of the smart factory series we unpacked digitization, digitalization and digital transformation.

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Toyota Kata: What If There Is No Takt Time?

The Lean Thinker

This is true in Steve’s example of an Emergency Department. It is also true in many traditional factories. Asking and answering these questions is the purpose of many of the “lean tools” – including takt time. Don’t Confuse the Tool with the Goal. It means we need to find a different tool.

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The role of ERP in the smart factory

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

How can a manufacturing business today become an intelligent and automated ecosystem – a smart factory that drives productivity, performance, and profitability? Smaller manufacturers, for example, have to consider the costs as challenges can become magnified as a business expands. A smarter supply chain with smart factory.

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Schneider Electric’s Supply Chain Design Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

One essential tool used by the supply chain team is supply chain design. They also produce industrial automation solutions that allow factories to monitor and control production. The supply chain has about 190 factories and 100 distribution centers. The company has a complex global supply chain.