{"id":9848,"date":"2021-11-02T09:42:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T16:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/?p=9848"},"modified":"2021-12-16T14:31:41","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T22:31:41","slug":"qad-tomorrow-digital-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/qad-tomorrow-digital-manufacturing","title":{"rendered":"QAD Tomorrow: Digital Manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”9850″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]The right product, at the right price, at the right time. This is what manufacturers get paid for. It\u2019s a promise that is getting harder to keep. Increasing <\/span>disruption<\/span><\/a> in supply chains and fluctuations in demand are putting enormous pressure on what occurs within the four walls of the factory to make up the difference.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Can Traditional Manufacturing Compete?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Like a falling tide, supply and demand challenges are exposing the problems that have existed below the surface within the factory. Traditional manufacturing lacks the feedback loops required to rapidly respond to changes in the supply chain. It fails to deliver the depth or breadth of information needed to optimize itself. As a consequence, rather than overcome the external challenges it faces, Traditional Manufacturing can fall victim to them.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Data Terrorist: Manipulating Data to Mislead Future Actions<\/span><\/h2>\n

One example of Traditional Manufacturing hitting its limits is having no one version of the truth. Everyone has their own <\/span>data<\/span><\/a> that they bring into meetings where they spend most of their time debating the data instead of what action to take. This can lead to the emergence of the data terrorist, that individual within your company who carefully curates their data to support their agenda. This is backward; action should spring from the data, the data should not be manipulated to support the desired action.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paper & Excel Prisons: Data Silos Blocking Digital Transformation<\/span><\/h2>\n

To be fair, Traditional Manufacturing does capture data, but it typically does so manually without validation, which can lead to errors. It\u2019s often captured first on paper resulting in paper prisons that make it difficult to extract information in a timely fashion. Other companies use Excel. It\u2019s digital, right? Yes, it\u2019s digital, but being digital is just one necessary but not sufficient component of solving the <\/span>digital transformation<\/span><\/a> puzzle. It\u2019s not a connected system. It leads to data silos and no one version of the truth. It\u2019s a digital version of a paper prison.<\/span><\/p>\n

Digital Manufacturing<\/span><\/a> is more than just 3D printing, robotics, inventory by drone or machine learning. At QAD, we believe in a pragmatic approach to Digital Manufacturing focused on releasing the greatest value now.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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