Manufacturing Software Integration

In information technology (IT) terms, integration is the process of physically or functionally linking computing systems and applications. Today, many information systems and processes in manufacturing facilities are not yet integrated. If your company has difficulty estimating delivery times, meeting promised delivery dates, allocating components to orders, or quickly responding to customer inquiries about order status, the solutions may lie in software integration.

To identify your opportunities, we first assess your company’s front office and manufacturing information flow. A cross-functional team is assembled to create a data flow that includes identifying all the sources of inputs, documents, and data flow between business areas. In addition to mapping your current process, we identify non-value added activities such as:

• Queued up work in in-baskets
• Excess paperwork and redundant approvals
• Incomplete/inaccurate information
• Long lead times (waiting wastes)

We then conduct an operations review, and compare the results to our information flow charts. This comparison will reveal whether your information needs are being met, how systems can be integrated to answer these needs and where you can reduce waste and ineffective front office processes. Finally, we generate an improvement plan for improving information flow and communications throughout your operation. This plan will tell your IT group what’s necessary to better manage complex information and business issues.

Benefits

Software integration services from Catalyst Connection can help you:

• Maximize the potential of existing systems
• Eliminate duplicate data entry
• Provide information to all users when they need it
• Improve productivity
• Improve job-costing accuracy