With the popularity of mobile app solutions, many manufacturing companies are not aware of the benefits and positive impact it can make within their business. Mobile app solutions have a great impact on manufacturing processes as it utilizes data and information in real time.

1. How Mobile Application Solutions Impact the
Manufacturing Sector
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While the buzzword is IoT, most companies in the manufacturing sector
do not know the full impact of mobile app solutions within their
organization.
The manufacturing sector has been one of the oldest industries that has
evolved. It has often been subjected to major technological changes that
have put human resource management in sensitive positions, especially
given the large number of blue-collared employees.

2. A sector which is highly regulated by the government where security
issues are of the utmost importance, has to be dealt with carefully in
terms of implementing any changes.
The main areas in which cross platform mobile development will have an
impact in the manufacturing sector are:
Sourcing:
Procurement and related supply chain management is the backbone of
any of the large manufacturing setups in the world. Success stories, like
Toyota, have been largely dependent on optimizing this part of the
process chain.
The objective has always been to maintain zero inventory from the OEMs.
With the help of mobile app development, the whole supply chain data is
available in real-time, even in transit. That means, even small
organizations can now afford to maintain zero inventory with mobile app
solutions, and reduce their lead time significantly.
These impacts include:
 Reducing response and lead time
 Real-time tracking and resource streamlining towards zero
inventory
 Real-time reporting
Machine Operations & Quality Control:
Machine operations optimize resources while maintaining quality has
been the concern for most technologies related to manufacturing.

3. Advanced SCADA and computer networking systems have already been
adopted by most manufacturing companies. Though this kind of
sophisticated technology has been in place for a while, mobile app
development integrated with IoT will typically act on a different level.
Mobile app solutions have the greatest impact on manufacturing
processes, while amalgamating with the existing data acquisition system
in real time:
 Immediate triggers and alerts are generated in case of out-of-range
data generation
 Notifying multiple stakeholders and hierarchies simultaneously
 Independent of the time/place, on or off premise, data and reporting
will be communicated reducing the reaction time to any error or
quality issue to an all-time low
 Remote operations via mobile application solution is now possible
& is coming of most use in the case of an emergency, significantly
reducing hazard related casualties and expenses.
Human Resource Management:
 Shift management can be automated with a cross platform mobile
app development
 Advanced control systems operated by mobiles applications reduce
risk related to the work-environment hazards which make the
organization conducive for blue-collared workers
 Direct tracking of raw materials and supply chain makes the job
easier for the workers

4.  Communications now are more direct with the app, reducing lag
time and cross-functional communication gap
Having discussed the benefits of mobile technology in the manufacturing
sector, its impact of security systems can be huge and must be regulated.
This is because the back-end of most of the apps will be connected to
sensitive information. Any breach in the system, can bring the entire
system to a standstill, hence, has to be made full-proof in terms of
loopholes and security threats.