Manufacturing Magazine September 2015 | Page 24

Greater visibility into supplier quality levels , and greater accuracy in predicting supplier performance over time .
Measuring compliance and traceability to the machine level becomes possible
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Greater visibility into supplier quality levels , and greater accuracy in predicting supplier performance over time .

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Measuring compliance and traceability to the machine level becomes possible

Using sensors on all machinery in a production center provides operations managers with immediate visibility into how each is operating . Having advanced analytics can also show quality , performance and training variances by each machine and its operators . This is invaluable in streamlining workflows in a production center , and is becoming increasingly commonplace
Using big data and advanced analytics , manufacturers are able to view product quality and delivery accuracy in real-time , making trade-offs on which suppliers receive the most timesensitive orders . Managing to quality metrics becomes the priority over measuring delivery schedule performance alone .

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