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Digital Transformation for Manufacturing Excellence

Achieving Manufacturing Excellence through Digital Transformation

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We're excited to share insights from our recent webinar on achieving manufacturing excellence through digital transformation. Hosted by Samppa Lahtinen and Ville Somppi, the session focused on how M-Files in manufacturing can revolutionize the industry.

Overcoming Key Challenges in Manufacturing

In today's competitive market, growth and profitability hinge on flawless execution. However, many manufacturers face significant challenges:

  1. Information Fragmentation: Information scattered across various systems and departments leads to inefficiencies. Employees struggle to find the right information, deal with access control issues, and face confusion due to duplicates and inconsistent folder structures.
    Solution: Eliminate information chaos with enterprise search and automation. By unifying visibility to enterprise data, automating document management, and providing personalized views, you can streamline information management processes.
  2. Manual Processes: Reliance on slow, error-prone manual processes reduces operational effectiveness.
    Solution: Improve efficiency and accuracy with automated workflows. Automating workflows ensures timely task completion, increases information accuracy, and integrates external collaboration seamlessly.
  3. Quality and Compliance: Manual application of document access and sharing rules can lead to breakdowns in audit trails.
    Solution: Reduce business risk with automated controls and audit trails. Automate permissions based on document type or process phase, include quality and compliance controls in daily workflows, and establish a single source of truth.

Key Trends in Manufacturing

The manufacturing sector faces several challenges, including supply chain disruptions, the rise of smart factories, a growing emphasis on sustainability, and talent obstacles.

  • Supply Chain Disruptions: Prolonged lead times for critical production materials necessitate robust solutions for operational continuity.
  • Smart Factories: Digital transformation is essential for efficient and agile production processes.
  • Sustainability: Manufacturers strive to reduce their environmental impact while maintaining profitability, requiring meticulous documentation and compliance.
  • Talent Obstacles: Attracting and retaining skilled workers is crucial as technology advances.

M-Files: Your Partner in Digital Transformation

M-Files offers a leading knowledge work automation platform designed to help you find information faster, work smarter, and achieve more. Our platform features an innovative metadata-driven architecture, an embedded workflow engine, and advanced AI capabilities.

Use Cases in Manufacturing

  1. Quality Management: Automate tracking and documentation of compliance with industry standards and regulations.
  2. Asset Information Management: Centralize and organize critical data about machinery and equipment for better maintenance schedules and reduced downtime.
  3. Sales and Delivery Documentation: Automate the creation, storage, and retrieval of essential documents to accelerate the sales cycle and improve customer satisfaction.

Statistics Highlighting the Need for Automation

  • Employees spend up to 30% of their week finding the right data.
  • 76% of workers spend 1-3 hours a day moving data.
  • 51% of organizations reported non-compliance with data regulations in the past 12 months, with an average total cost of $1.03 million.

Expert Insights

Ville Somppi shared valuable insights on the AI capabilities of M-Files and emerging trends in the manufacturing industry. Here are some key takeaways:

  1. Advice for Manufacturers: Implement M-Files to improve operational efficiency and asset management.
  2. Benefits of AI: M-Files AI capabilities enhance productivity and support workforce development.
  3. Starting the AI Journey: Begin with automating key processes and gradually expand AI integration.
  4. Real-World Examples: M-Files has successfully automated various processes in manufacturing, leading to significant improvements in efficiency and accuracy.

Discover how M-Files can transform your manufacturing knowledge work. Schedule an M-Files demo with us today and take the first step towards achieving operational excellence.

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