The current and future impact of Industry 4.0 technologies on the deskless worker in the manufacturing industry. A summary of how technology can create value for forward-thinking organizations.

1. INDUSTRY 4.0'S IMPACT ON
THE DESKLESS WORKER

2. Technology has fundamentally
transformed how we do
business, but until recently,
that transformation has been
largely focused on the 10% of
workers in the front office

3. INCREASINGLY
SOPHISTICATED
TOOLS
HELP Automate sales
Marketing
Finance, and big data analytics

4. By 2020, Pricewaterhouse Cooper estimates the auto
industry alone will have reduced costs by $28 billion with
Industry 4.0 technologies
Symantec reports an estimated 2.6% annual reduction in
inventory levels

5. TECHNOLOGY
SAVES
COMPANIES
MONEY

6. ELIMINATING THE HIDDEN FACTORY
TO IMPROVE QUALITY
With traditional paper checklists, many
organizations develop a “hidden factory”
of patches, hot-fixes, and secondhand
knowledge passed between front line
workers

7. Industry 4.0 technology helps deskless
workers stay connected with the rest
of an organization to avoid this
happening
Eliminating paper checklists using smartphones,
tablets, and desktop devices
Implementing real-time data collection that helps
identify issues and implement solutions faster
Providing e-training solutions that reduce the risk of
hidden factory development and ensure all
employees are on the same page

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9. REDUCING WASTE AND IMPROVING
EFFICIENCY
The current economic climate has all-
sizes of manufacturing companies
looking for ways to trim that fat and
improve efficiency

10. By eliminating paper and implementing an all-digital
process that uses existing devices instead of installing
expensive new units, companies are able to quickly
facilitate change
Learn more about how Kiekert eliminated several
cumbersome manual processes, automated data
collection and reporting processes

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12. IMPROVING TRAINING AND JOB
PAIRING
Front line workers are only as good as the
training they receive. Unfortunately, in
many situations, the quality of training is
inconsistent not just in separate plants, but
across departmental silos and even shifts

13. With digital training tools, companies
are able to
Close communication gaps and ensure all
employees have access to all sources
Enhance job pairings to get the right people in the
right places at the right time
More efficiently rotate people through work
stations
Improve efficiency in creating and distributing work
instructions to the front line

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15. IMPROVING TRACEABILITY AND
ELIMINATING ERRORS
Paper-based processes and manual
systems can not only reduce efficiency;
they can lead to significant errors that cost
companies money

16. To avoid this, companies are
implementing lean industry 4.0
solutions that
Improve traceability of documentation for
production, shipping, and audits
Introducing urgent live updates to documents that
instantly propagate to all devices in the organization
Significantly reducing the time it takes to audit data
and answer common queries

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18. THE FUTURE OF BETTER FRONTLINE
WORK IS NOW
Industry 4.0 can seem like a daunting
endeavor - a multi-month implementation
with pilot after pilot. In truth, companies
are realizing significant ROI of 7x or higher
in just a few weeks by utilizing lean tools
that integrate with the systems and
devices they already have

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