The document discusses the evolution of mobile applications in manufacturing, emphasizing the transition from mobile device management (MDM) to enterprise mobility management (EMM) and the importance of managing apps for operational excellence. It highlights opportunities for process improvements, such as optimizing workflows and enhancing decision-making through better data access. Success stories illustrate how companies like PCM and Luverne Truck effectively utilized mobile apps to increase efficiency and reduce operational costs.

1. Using Mobile Apps to Drive
Manufacturing Operational Excellence

2. Where Mobility is Today
Corporate-
Owned,
Personally
Enabled
(COPE)
Bring Your
Own Device
(BYOD)
Mobile Device
Management
(MDM)
Enterprise
Mobility
Management
(EMM)
Apps

3. 2003: Mobility as a Hybrid Device
• In 2003, Blackberry devices were
introduced with physical keyboards
• COPE (Corporate-Owned,
Personally Enabled)
• Consumers had the ability to text
message and e-mail from a mobile
device for the first time

4. 2007: The BYOD Revolution
• In 2007, Apple introduced the first
iPhone
• One-to-two function apps were
launched
• Changed the way we viewed
software—lighter, quicker and gets
out of the way when you’re done
with it

5. The Implementation of MDM
• The introduction of Android
devices saw the beginning of
different operating systems
• Unpredictable landscape for mobile
device security
• Corporate IT departments
responded with implementing
MDM to secure corporate data

6. The Shift Away from MDM
• Forward thinking IT departments
began to move away from MDM
and towards EMM in the late
2000’s
• Management of data and apps
began on corporate back ends,
rather than on the user’s device

7. The Shift Towards Managing Apps
• Today, the focus is shifting away
from managing devices towards
managing apps
• By implementing apps,
organizations provide new
opportunities for maximizing
operational excellence and
modernizing business processes

8. Where is the Opportunity?
• Mobility is the next opportunity for process
improvements & enhanced operations
• Drive faster, more rapid and informed decision making
• Reducing the number of steps it takes to do one’s job
• Added productivity both inside and outside of facilities
• Utilize existing business processes & modernize them,
making them more efficient & enjoyable to employees

9. Where to Start?
• Think about manual, cumbersome or error prone
processes
• Usage of paper is a big indicator of potential for process
improvement
• Start small, but significant, get real results
• Improve visibility for management using mobile apps to
get real world results

10. Lean and Mobility
Identify Customer
Value
(Responsiveness)
Map the Value Stream
(Optimize Processes)
Create Flow
(Track Metrics,
Eliminate Waste)
Pursue Perfection
(Use an Agile, Iterative
Dev. Approach)
Establish Pull
(Determine Optimal
Materials/Labor)

11. 1. Identify Customer Value
• Define value from the perspective of your final customer
and meeting their needs
• Focus on responsiveness and the need for high
functionality
• Analyze data to determine what your customers want and
needs

12. 2. Map the Value Stream
• Optimize your current processes
• Your value stream lists all the specific actions required to
deliver
• Create a map of your current state of operations and the
desired future for your organization
• Mapping the value stream is a crucial part of lean
implementation of mobile apps

13. 3. Create Flow
• Tracking metrics from any place, at any time allows your
managers to make operations decisions more quickly
• Ensure your mobile apps flow smoothly through each step
of your manufacturing process in the least lead-time
possible
• Eliminate unnecessary operational waste

14. 4. Establish Pull
• Determine optimal materials & eliminate labor costs
• Let your team take a role in determining what is needed
from your mobile apps
• Use mobile analytics to locate orders and materials more
easily
• More closely track labor and materials costs

15. 5. Pursue Perfection
• Bring it all together
• Maximize efficiencies in production, labor, cost and
revenue
• Make changes & innovate consistently to maintain a
competitive advantage in the market
• Use an agile, iterative development approach to
implementing mobile apps in your organization

16. Success Story: PCMC
• Company: Paper converting machinery
manufacturer
• Challenge: Increased sales stretching existing
capacity, needed to automate communications
with business partners

17. Success Story: PCMC
• Answer:
– Catavolt automated the supplier process for
“pushing” manufacturing orders to suppliers
• Results:
– Eliminated need for phone calls
– Minimized operating costs
– Reduced quote to acceptance cycle from days to
hours
– On-time deliveries improved from 75% to 95%
– Lower admin costs=an overall reduction in material
costs

18. Success Story: Luverne Truck
• Company: Designer and manufacturer of
aftermarket truck parts, distributes via sales
force operating from 17 warehouses
• Challenge: Order processing through
corporate delaying accurate inventory
information

19. Success Story: Luverne Truck
• Answer:
– Catavolt gave sales reps real-time access to
corporate data
• Results:
– More accurate inventory
– Accurate invoicing, eliminating surprise payments
– Real-time data, reps see YTD sales by week and
orders reflected immediately
– Small investment, big rewards-No new investments
other than iPads and a few hours of instruction for
IT

20. Example Apps
Plant Floor
Dashboard
Plant Floor Real
Time Status
Supervisor
Dashboard
Plant Floor
Inspections
Locate Stock
Item
Stock Orders
Shipping
Dashboard
Shipping
Supervisor
Dashboard
Today’s Hazards
Stock Trans
History
Clock In
Employee
Timecard Editor

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