Quick hits:
- New Digital workflow tools to transfer knowledge amid a manufacturing skills shortage.
- How to share information from individuals across an organization in a dependable, scalable system.
- J.M. Smucker Company,Covestro, andpretium包装分享他们如何改善人们的流程。
- Digital Transformation of the Industrial Workforce
- How Connected Worker Technology Helps Address Industry Labor Issues
- Delivering Digital Work Instructions On Demand
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Welcome to Take Five, I’m Stephanie Neil and today I’m talking about the digital transformation. But not as it relates to machines, rather, how it can improve workflow to make people on the plant floor more productive.
有一些新工具专注于转移知识。如今，这确实很重要，因为制造业的技能短缺。在最近的一个故事中，我报道了三个制造商如何使用数字工作流程应用程序来改善流程。
First, we took a look atpretium包装. This machine builder makes packaging products for the food and beverage, personal care, and medical industries. The business has grown through acquisition, and, as a result, there were no standardized ways to share process improvement best practices.
pretium转向了一家名为的公司Guidewheel, which has a platform called FactoryOps, which it describes as intuitive, out-of-the-box workflows that can deliver critical information in real time and in context.
It starts with a sensor that clips around the power cord of any device on the factory floor, and it pulls information into the cloud to measure the power draw and spot micro-stops or differences in the changeover or process time.
Guidewheel co-founder Lauren Dunford, described it as a “Fitbit for the machine,” that is always working in the background to alert the right team members immediately if there is a problem.
Pretium Packaging能够自定义Web界面，该界面具有移动组件，可以从任何地方访问它。因此，在之前，操作员必须在机器上进行物理上的状态，以弄清楚为什么它掉下来并记录了问题。现在，他们在手机上获得警报，并能够在任何地方做出反应。假官员说，他们还可以看到运营趋势并管理与团队相关的事件。
文章中的第二家公司是Covestro, which, with nearly 17,000 employees, was having trouble managing shift changeovers, finding that incidents at process plants are more likely to occur after shift handovers. The company was looking for a web-based tool that could interface with its SAP ERP system, and it found it with a product called Shiftconnector, an interactive shift log developed by a company called埃奇巴赫.
Shiftconnector has a mobile component that connects field workers with operators for routine actions and compliance. They can download a task list of specific actions and record adverse events with photo documentation. This is shared immediately with someone responsible for corrective action. And everything is recorded for compliance and safety.
The J.M. Smucker Company本功能文章中强调的另一个制造商是。他们试图解决不同数据的问题，该数据与识别和实施规范更改有关，这引起了问题。
公司转向GE Digital,它具有一组旨在从不同系统统一制造产品信息的软件工具。该软件称为Proficy编排中心，可以将原始业务信息转换为可生产的形式。
例如，质量数据，订单和与配方相关的信息可以存储在未连接的不同系统中。Proficy编排中心的记录，分析和更新工厂中的制造产品数据，并存储偏差和差异，以提供变化的可见性。基本上，它确保商店的地板在工作派的正确规格上运行。这很重要，因为变化正在发生从几个月到几个小时的任何地方，这意味着需要有一种方法来确保人们访问正确的信息。
Of course, there are many other tools out there that are helping with digital workflows for the manufacturing workforce. And you can find out more about what those are in the links below.
Thank you for joining me today. We’ll see you next time.
