This document discusses how real-time data access on mobile devices can help manufacturing organizations improve operational excellence. It provides examples of how real-time data can streamline maintenance processes, quality assurance, safety inspections, and reporting. The document argues that replacing paper-based processes with digital tools allows manufacturing teams to address issues more quickly and make real-time decisions that improve productivity, customer satisfaction and ROI.

1. Accelerating Operational Excellence
in 2015: Calculating the ROI of Real-
Time Data Delivery

2. Addressing operations challenges
with technology
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
• Manufacturing organizations are challenged with getting the most from their current
resources, without additional costly spending across their teams.
• These manufacturers are accustomed to driving the bottom line to get the most
return on material costs, and the volume of products produced to drive revenue up in
the organization.
• With real-time data on digital devices, manufacturing teams are eliminating paper,
increasing maintenance and safety processes, quality reviews, and providing a
significant ROI for these organizations.
25%of manufacturers believe that creating a return on
investment (ROI) business case to make operational
improvements is most challenging for their organization
(LNS Research, 2014).

4. Accessing real-time data at the right time
Real-time delivery and control of information empowers manufacturing teams to
streamline production and ensure products are produced in accordance with global
market and customer demands, driving the ROI for the organization.
By replacing paper forms and other cumbersome,
manual processes with digital devices including mo-
screens, manufacturing teams can easily access the
With real-time data accessible on any device, manu-
facturers have instant access into errors and disrup-
tions when they are reported, providing the ability
to address concerns and collaborate with multiple

5. Drive efficiency with paperless processes &
real-time data
With paperless processes, manufacturing teams
re-writing forms, and more time producing high
quality products, and getting them shipped to the
customer.
By eliminating paper processes in the organization,
that reduces overall costs.
15%of a manufacturing organization’s
revenue is spent creating, managing
and distributing paper documents
(High Jump, 2011).
View critical information and reports
needed to complete the job in
real-time on digital devices.

6. Improve manufacturing plant maintenance
processes with real-time data
With real-time data, manufacturing teams can increase production
output by dispatching downtime issues quickly into maintenance
systems.
By using digital devices including tablets, mobile
phones, and laptops to capture errors and disruptions
quickly return to the production line, keeping orders
moving without missing a beat.
Real-time data on devices gives manufacturing teams
the equipment and machinery information they need,
including RFID tagging to instantly capture
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7. Eliminate downtime and improve quality
assurance with real-time data
6%
of a manufacturing workforce is
dedicated to quality assurance
(Successful Quality Assurance, 2014).
Only
Monitor quality assurance processes
Implementing advanced technology with mobile
apps to provide regular quality checks, guarantees
accuracy, completion, and integrity. Real-time data helps
accelerate the quality assurance process, allowing for
quicker communication across teams and fewer defects,
leading to better customer satisfaction and savings for
the organization.

8. Improve safety training and inspections with
real-time data
28%
devices
of a manufacturing organizations
believe that reducing costs is the
-
place safety programs.
(OSHA, 2009).
With mobile apps that provide access to real-time data,
manufacturing organizations can easily view and make
edits to training and safety manuals to provide the most
up-to-date information for teams.
teams can be alerted of upcoming inspections and
disruption warnings.

9. Give manufacturing teams access to real-time
reporting with mobile apps
With real-time reporting capabilities on digital devices, manufacturing
teams can capture inventory and material shortages, and alert others on
By accessing important information on a tablet,
mobile phone, or laptop in real-time, manufacturing
teams can easily view and edit work orders, bills of
materials and shipments, works-in-progress (WIP),
and sales and KPI dashboards, that drive productivity

10. Does your manufacturing organization
have a data issue?
Is your manufacturing team relying on
paper-based processes to access infor-
mation needed to get the job done?
Something for your team to consider is how
much money your organization spends on
printing, ink, and paper. Consider how much
time your teams spend writing and re-writing
forms in data rooms.
?

11. Does your manufacturing organization
have a data issue?
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-
?

12. Does your manufacturing organization
have a data issue?
Is your manufacturing organization
having issues with data integrity,
reliability and relevance?
If data is already outdated by the time your man-
ufacturing teams access it to get their jobs done,
your organization may need to review how data
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ing hours looking for the data they need instead
-
?

13. Does your manufacturing organization
have a data issue?
If your manufacturing team members are con-
-
?

14. Example of outbound accuracy on
customer shipments with real-time data
By automating and re-engineering business processes with real-time data on
accuracy and customer satisfaction of shipments.

15. See the return on investment for your
manufacturing organization with real-time data
Real-time data delivery on digital devices
helps manufacturing organizations streamline
operations, improving overall accuracy and
efficiency.
Manufacturing organizations that have relied on paper-based processes and
such as mobile apps, manufacturers can decrease the amount of time spent
addressing costly errors, and more time producing quality products and

16. Visit our Resource Center & learn more about
how real-time data drives operational excellence
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• Addressing the challenge of competing on a global scale and
meeting customer demands, and how real-time data delivered
using devices can help
• How manufacturing organizations are using technology like
mobility to accelerate their operational excellence initiatives