With Opex Consulting Group’s more than 25 years of experience in the manufacturing world, an ideal factory would look like this:
- The customer pipeline and existing customers are managed through a CRM.
- Enquiries and requests for quotation are handled through CPQ, which is integrated with the CRM.
- The product is designed with CAD and managed in PLM. CAM is used where applicable.
- The PLM is linked to ERP, which manages the financials and the entire supply chain. Production lines are controlled with MES, which is integrated with the ERP via APS.
- Each key piece of equipment is fitted with sensors, IIoT and a predictive maintenance system. The energy spent is tracked in real time. Spare parts are managed to the optimum through an SPMS.
- The warehouse is controlled and managed digitally.
- Paper-based visuals, dashboards and project tracking are things of the past. The CI tracker and dashboards are in digital form.
- Report generation, demand forecast consolidation, the invoicing process and other mundane administrative work are automated with RPA and various digitalisation solutions.
On top of these, there is a real-time digital dashboard that employees can access from their smartphone. Managers and directors can approve anything from their smartphone: an expense claim (linked to HRMS), a PR/PO (linked to ERP), or a quotation (linked to CRM and CPQ).
With all of this in place, the company leadership can then focus on the world’s biggest problem and opportunity at the same time: people.
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