Trying to schedule resources for a plant without knowing current inventory levels or the status of an order can be challenging, but that is often what happens when information is not flowing between your plant floor and your corporate offices.
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From raw material usages to work-in-process and finished goods production, production work orders to customer sales orders—the transfer of information between your production facility and the rest of your organization is a critical element of your operational efficiency.
Integrating your plant floor with your business system addresses key challenges:
- Inaccurate Inventories
Delayed reporting of changes in inventory levels can negatively affect your ability to plan. When changes are unplanned, quality, yield issues, or late deliveries from suppliers can be especially damaging to your business success.
- Delayed Invoicing
Any interruption to reporting confirmed orders that have been shipped can result in delays in getting paid. How much is peace of mind worth to you?
- Duplicated Effort
Time spent manually entering receipts, usages, productions, inventory, and shipping transactions “after the fact” can be significant. When margins are down, adding unnecessary labor doesn’t help.
- Human Error
Errors resulting from manually keying-in plant floor information can take considerable time. Both finding and correcting these errors is a costly and unnecessary way to spend resources.
When accurate plant floor information is integrated into your business systems, your company can be in a position to make better decisions based on accurate and timely operational information.
Learn more about our Plant Floor Integration capabilities by downloading our Plant Floor Integration Fact Sheet (.pdf), or Contact Us for additional information.