Reporting, quality control and resource planning.
Shift results get written on paper cards, then someone retypes them into a spreadsheet, and the manager pieces together a report from that. Data on output and downtime reaches management several days late, and it's often incomplete.
Operators report directly from the shop floor, using a tablet or a panel at the workstation: units produced, downtime, causes. Shift and daily reports are generated automatically. The manager sees line performance in real time, not a week later.
The second shift ends at 10:00 p.m. By 10:05 the manager has a report: plan achieved at 94%, main loss, 40 minutes of downtime on line 2 due to a tool change. The morning conversation with maintenance happens on facts, not guesses.
Automating activities performed manually every day.
Reports and metrics generated automatically, no spreadsheets needed.
Connecting systems so data never has to be retyped by hand.