Automate Manufacturing Process

2017
SHAHBAZ ATIQUE
STARCOM INFORMATION TEHCNOLOGY
3/15/2017
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE FOR
MANUFACTURING

BI for Manufacturing Whitepaper
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Starcom Information Technology Limited
No. 88, Times Square, MG Road, Bangalore
www.starcominfotech.com
Contents
Sl. No. Title Page No.
1. Introduction 3
2.
Challenges with
Manufacturing
Industries
3
3.
Automate
Manufacturing
Process with
StarBI
5
4.
Sample
Dashboards
7
5. About Starcom 8

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Each manufacturer has its own processes, own tacking system, order
processing and its own challenges. IT departments have taken advantage of
hardware improvements to economically store the increased data, however
there never seems to be enough time or resources to meet the needs of
factory managers who face the “fact gap” that exists between the data and the
usable information required to make real business decisions.
The other challenges that manufacturing industry face is due to changes in
demand. If managers have a proper understanding of costs and demand, they
can make better decisions.
Challenges with Manufacturing Industries:
Finding the Best Partners
Identifying the ideal supplier isn’t just a matter of price or geography. It’s equally important
to know if a supplier is growing, is financially sound, has done business in a particular region
before or has experience within your market. Manufacturers can develop analytics models
to visualize the characteristics of existing suppliers.
Manufacturing
Industry
Finding The
Best Partners
Procurement
challenges
Technical
challenges
Supply Chain
challenges
Inventory
challenges
Challenges
from
competitors
Supplier
Relationships

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Procurement Challenges
Included challenges due to High cost price, Scarcity of raw material, Limited quality
suppliers, Transportation. Most of the firm face high cost for procurement of raw material
because the demand is high and supply is inefficient. 19% is scarcity of raw material and 18
% account for transportation challenge. The prime concern in India is to find quality
suppliers/ vendors who understand technology and have good skilled workers.
Technical Challenges
The most prominent technical challenge in industry is lack of R&D department as it will cost
a lot for these financially non stable small firms and reduce the net profit. Improper testing
tool which results in return of bad goods to customer. Lack of handling equipment Lack of air
pollution control equipment, Power related issue comes under this category.
Supply Chain Challenges
Inventory management, Material handling, Customer demand and Transportations are some
of the example of this category. Firm are not able to fulfil customer demand on time
because of problem faced for procurement of raw material on time in right quantity and
small percentage of bad goods.
Inventory Challenges
Demand variability, extended response time, Lack of visibility of supply chain, Lack of
collaboration between partners, Quality level and reliability of service from suppliers are
some of the challenges in this category. 25% of issue arise due to quality level of
product/raw material and reliability of service from supplier, sometimes raw material is not
delivered on time so the process which depend on the is waiting state , this piled up
unfinished inventory.
Challenges from Competitors
Different competitors use different strategy to beat the competition. Better quality product,
Low price product, Better logistics, Better inventory management are some of the challenges
faced by the firm. The price war is one more challenge for each of the competitors as market
so big and there is too much option for customer, so they try to play on the price war.
Supplier Relationship
The prime challenges faced from supplier end are procuring the quality material, on time
delivery as per requirement. By monitoring the available data throughout the term of any
supplier contract or agreement, your team can proactively avoid problems. Setting up alerts
and triggers can alert you of developments at supplier factories, within the overall industry
or with other aspects of the supply chain, so you can be prepared for any red flags that may
arise.

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Redefine Manufacturing Process with Data Analytics/Visualization
Manufacturing companies want the ability to bring in data from multiple locations and still be able
to see a unified macro view of the entire enterprise. BI helps achieve this goal-providing a quick
snapshot of business and enabling to drill down into sales and purchasing trends, as well as perform
budget analysis.
Automate Manufacturing Process with StarBI
Starcom’s Enterprise Business Intelligence tool is a Self Service business intelligence software allows
you to Discover Trends, Track KPIs and Visualize data. Connect to multiple data sources, create and
schedule reports, set alerts and run predictive analytics with our drag and drop GUI. As a Self
Service BI Software, StarBI empowers business users by turning data into actionable insights and
enable organizations to improve on decision making.
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Quick KPI’s: Whether analyzing business performance vs. another company or between divisions
within a company, quick access to key performance indicators enables to see how business is
measuring up at any moment in time. It has the capability to compare financial models and actual
performance vs. budget and forecast numbers for different time periods. In addition, it enables to
quickly establish benchmarking of results vs. competitors over varying time periods. One can export
any KPI report or model to Excel or Word.
Report Automation
In order to stay ahead of the competition, organizations can’t afford to sit back and wait for their IT
or accounting departments to provide the information they need to make informed decisions. They
must be proactive in automating their entire reporting process–from the creation to generation to
distribution of reports across the entire enterprise. Armed with streamlined, high-volume reporting,

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these companies are equipped to respond to ever-changing market conditions and make the best
possible decisions that impact the health of their business.
Graphical Presentations of data
Viewing data in graphical format makes the process of analyzing performance so much quicker and
easier. BI solution incorporates customizable graphical views (chart) of the data in grid, pivot table,
and interactive chart formats. This should be standard feature, not an accessory.
Manufacturing Key Performance Indicators
 Production Capacity Trends
 Projected Inventory Surplus
 Days on Hand
 Production Shortage as percentage (%) of Demand
 Inventory Turns
 Production Cycle
 Equipment Utilization percentage (%)
Inventory optimization
Manufacturing companies have huge inventories to track and move. It’s essential for manufacturers
to monitor their inventories to reduce over-capacity and ensure sufficient supplies. BI allows
manufacturing companies to track inventory usage across location and time, monitor inventory costs
and profits through multiple layers of information, and identify inventory overage or obsolete or
slow moving inventory. In addition, users can set up alerts for instant notification of low inventory
levels.
Supply Chain and Order Management
BI can help deliver deep customer insight into order and inventory data to make better decisions in
each stage of the order lifecycle. BI enables assess inventory levels, determine likely product
fulfilment needs before the order has been booked, quickly identify potential order backlog issues,
and stay on top of critical accounts receivable (A/R) and daily sales outstanding (DSO) issues. By
leveraging actionable and fact-based insights, one can transform current Supply Chain and Order
Management processes to improve financial performance and customer satisfaction.
Alerts
Critical alerts and reporting of quality metrics in real time provide crucial monitoring, proactive
notification, and automation capabilities that help manufacturers adapt to changing conditions and
avoid alarming scenarios pertaining to payables, receivables, budgets, sales, and inventory. With
alerts functionality in place, they can pre-set a wide variety of benchmarks in all of these areas and
protect from missing key time- or date-sensitive events or failing to respond to deviations from
acceptable levels enabling intelligent decision making and action

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Sample Dashboards

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Starcom Information Technology Limited, HQ in Bangalore, India is a leading provider of Automated
Enterprise Data Management, Master Data Management, Automated Data Quality and Business
Intelligence & Predictive Data Analytics Products & Services. We provide solutions mainly to the
Banking / Insurance / Telecom Industry and serve them by improving Data Quality and performing
customer name and address based data cleansing, standardization and de-duplication. Starcom’s
Product Portfolio help financial institutions Reduce risk reduces fraud, comply with industry
regulations, improve KYC and grow new revenue opportunities. Retain, grow, and attract customers
with timely, holistic, and certifiably accurate data.

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