The demand for manufacturing organisations to be agile and efficient is higher in today’s technological world than ever-before. Rapid technological advancements, coupled with an uncertain and unstable economic and work climate, mean that organisations are required to remain adaptable, functional, and highly efficient from anywhere, at any time.
Manufacturing organisation are being confronted with new and intensified challenges within their day to day operations. These challenges could potentially be represented as issues with product personalisation, with an increasingly high demand for a quick turnaround on products that are configured and personalised. Businesses may also be struggling with project profitability, especially within the current economic climate and when faced with an intricate project that involves multiple product entities.
Further challenges may arise in the areas of global supply chain and supply chain collaboration. Here vendors and contractors require efficient and timeous methods in order to collaborate and track the flow of information and goods. Manufacturing organisations also need to be able to manage and maintain their service revenue growth, and to effectively manage and utilise their analytical data.
“For business success in today’s modern world, especially with the rapid and increasing demands placed on organisations during the time of the Covid-19 Pandemic, shifting operations to the cloud instead of on-site applications can aid in increasing productivity, reliability and efficiency,” explains Shanon Ramdaw, Business Development Manager at iOCO, within iOCO Software Distribution, the local Infor Master Reseller.
Ramdaw confirms that Cloud based technological applications, services, and solutions, afford businesses the opportunity to optimise business processes, functionality, efficiency, and growth. This empowers manufacturing organisations with the ability to deliver the right information to the right place at the right time. Cloud-based operations allow for access to real-time data that can be accessed from anywhere and from multiple devices. This accessibility allows for quicker turn-around time on decision making processes, with instant and immediate access to relevant insights.
Utilising cloud-based services can additionally empower staff be to be more efficient, effective, and innovative. Work-life modernisation can be optimised when employees and decision makers have instant and in-depth access to accurate, real-time data. Efficiency is further increased through cloud-driven cross-functionally collaboration on product and business innovation.
“Cloud based services such as Infor’s CloudSuite Solutions, ensure the streamlining of processes. This means that information processing and the information gleaned from relevant data is accurate and instant. The problem with manual and on-site systems is that the more complex the product or process becomes, the higher the risk of human error. Yet with cloud-based solutions this human error risk is practically eliminated,” continues Ramdaw.
Cloud-based solutions give manufacturing businesses the advantage of being able to leverage and transform former technology efficiently through the incorporation of real-time data. Strategy and innovation can be optimised through product and project planning management. With cloud-based solutions, real-time data can be incorporated directly into the plan and the process of the plan can be continually and efficiently monitored. This allows organisations to adjust product and strategy plans more effectively allowing for adaptability and flexibility, while driving innovation, agility, and efficiency.
The correct cloud-based solutions bring manual based process from outside an organisation’s digital ecosystem into it. This offers manufacturing organisations powerful tools, meaning less time and money are spent on sourcing and managing information, and more time is spent on business growth, strategy, and innovation. “Complex products become easily configurable, solutions become readily available, and mobility and accessibility are enhanced. Therefore, businesses are able to become exponentially more innovative and agile in their manufacturing processes,” concludes Ramdaw.
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