1.
Accelerating Operational Excellence
in 2015: Improving the Value Stream
with Mobility

2.
Addressing operations challenges
Catavolt launched a survey titled “How Leading Manufacturers are
Accelerating Operational Excellence” in September 2014, to gain insight on
how manufacturing organizations are working to continuously improve their
operations, workflows and business processes.
We collected 111 responses from manufacturing professionals in various
disciplines on trends and technology that are driving operational excellence.
Increased competition in the market, meeting customer expectations, rapidly
changing plant floor conditions, and the need to increase revenue, is pushing
manufacturing organizations across all industries towards more efficient
operational processes.

3.
Manufacturing organizations are increasing
operational excellence investments in 2015
• Value stream maps for manufacturing give organizations a plan that details all the
problems encountered in current processes and where to improve, in order to
achieve positive results.
• New technology is giving manufacturing teams the ability to easily map their value
stream, make process improvements, and identify bottlenecks in operations.
• With technology that provides real-time data for organizations, manufacturing
teams can adopt processes that emphasize continuous improvement and eliminate
wasteful processes and spending.
85%
of manufacturing thought leaders plan to in-
crease investments for operational excellence
initiatives for their organizations in 2015.
(Catavolt, 2015)

4.
What is value stream mapping?
:
• Understand the current manufacturing
processes and identify bottlenecks
•
excess of materials or inventory
•
poor or incomplete data

5.
Why is value stream mapping important
for manufacturing organizations?
With value stream mapping, manufacturing organizations can:
Identify opportunities to reduce process time and areas of improvement.
Process steps and data
Perform self-checks

6.
Value Stream Mapping:
The Current State
A current value stream map in
manufacturing enables team to see
improvement.

7.
Value Stream Mapping:
The Future State
A future state map in manufacturing en-
ables teams to pinpoint ways to change
current processes to reduce waste and
make improvements internally.

8.
Value Stream Mapping:
The Ideal State
An ideal state map in manufacturing en-
ables teams to develop a shared vision of
what the organization wants to achieve
for their operations.

9.
How mobility helps manufacturing
organizations
Mobility is a tool that helps
manufacturing organizations reach
their “ideal state” in value stream
mapping.
Value stream mapping is the process by which manufacturing
companies identify areas for process improvements. By creating
value stream maps, organizations can provide optimum value
internally and to their customers, through a complete value
creation process with mimimum waste.
With mobility, value stream mapping is much more effective and
easier to understand for manufacturing organizations. Mobility
give teams access to collaborative communication tools and real-
time data needed to visualize and analyze wasteful spending and
delays.

10.
The benefits of manufacturing apps
• Provide real-time visibility in to processes
bottom line
•
•
of materials in real-time

11.
Mobility creates customer value at every step of
the manufacturing process
Supply
Chain
Operations Fulfillment
Sales &
Marketing
Post Sale
Inventory Control
Real-time Logistics
Scheduling
Receipt Acknowledgements
Product Lead Times
Order Tracking
Scheduling Visibility
Quality Control
Dispatch Scheduling
Logistics
Route Optimization
Warehouse Automation
Work Order Approvals
Service Manuals
Service Performance
Dealer Management
Customer Dashboard
Sales Reporting
Quotes/Estimating
Competitor Intel/Analytics

12.
Read our report & learn more about how
mobility drives operational excellence
Click here to view Catavolt’s “Accelerating Operational
Excellence in 2015: Trends and Technology” Report
www.catavolt.com
• Addressing the importance of value stream
mapping in manufacturing organizations and
how mobile apps can help
• How manufacturing organizations are using
technology like mobility to accelerate their
operational excellence initiatives