The document outlines best practices for data collection to support successful manufacturing intelligence. It recommends having well-defined operations with standardized processes and role-specific interfaces to support workflows. It also stresses the importance of standard operating procedure control, immediate feedback for operators, and ensuring data integrity throughout the collection process. Adopting these best practices can help manufacturers overcome their top barrier of poor data quality.
1. Best Practices in Data Collection
for Successful Manufacturing Intelligence
Jeffery Cawley
VP Industry Leadership
Northwest Analytics
January 26, 2012
5. Why MI Matters
“The basic productivity gains in manufacturing
have been realized. The next level must be
achieved through Manufacturing Intelligence.”
Pierfrancesco Manenti
IDC
10. Top 5 Bad Practices
No front-end design
Workflow interruption
Obscure, hard-to-use interface
No best-practice enforcement
Non-secure data handling
11. Top 5 Good Practices
Well-defined operation
Transparent, role-specific
interface
SOP support
Immediate feedback
Data-handling integrity
12. Well-Defined Operations
Process definition
Operator buy-in
Role-specific interface
Workflow support
16. Immediate feedback
Intuitive operator interface
Prompt & refresher
Training compliance
Status alert from system-of-record
Link to test or refresher