Enterprise Mobility in Manufacturing

ENTERPRISE MOBILITY FORMANUFACTURING INDUSTRY Enhancing Productivity 1

HOW WE HELPnicheBees’ thrust is on developingsolutions and services that helpcompanies improve their operations intoday's 'e- Manufacturing' paradigm,leveraging the power of thetechnology to drive improvedefficiencies across the value stream ofthe enterprise. 2

THE MOTIVATORS The last three decades have seen a tremendous increase in global digital connectivity and ubiquity. Companies all over the world have been in the process of embracing this latest technological advancement. One such industry where enterprise mobile applications can be extremely useful is the manufacturing industry. The breakthrough in enterprise mobility has changed the way employees function as a team in an organization. Developers create applications that can help different departments stay connected even when located in different geographical areas. These applications enable companies to perform critical tasks and make important decisions in real time processing. Even consumers can be offered various applications by businesses that enable them to be better connected to the organization. With such evident benefits and enthusiasm amongst businesses it is strange to note that almost 30% of enterprises are still working on a mobile strategy and only 25% have had it for a year or so. 3

FACTORS AT PLAYSeveral factors are converging to enable manufacturers to gain competitiveadvantage through mobility. Manufacturing companies, of all sizes, arelooking to newer markets to boost future growth.✓ Zero-defect manufacturing has become essential to be competitive and cost-effective in the current business economy✓ Resources are geographically getting dispersed and hence require anytime, anywhere collaborative mechanism✓ Employees used to the convenience of mobility in personal lives are bringing their own devices and want to use them at work✓ Mobile devices are fast emerging as the premiere channel for customer engagement and✓ Organizations are looking for virtualized operating models that enable real-time collaboration round the clock and on the move 4

MOBILITY - CONCERNS & ADVANTAGESCONCERNS• Globalization of marketplace• Optimization of resources to lower costs & be price-competitive• Reduced new product integration cycles• Integration of legacy systems with mobile apps• Data management cost• Regulatory compliance & security aspectsADVANTAGES• Real-time information sharing speeds up processes, faster time to market• Lower cycle times means better costs• Increased regulatory compliance accuracy for quality reporting• Reduced manual errors• Low data management cost• Increased employee productivity 5

OPPORTUNITIES & POSSIBILITIES SCOPE OF ENTERPRISE MOBILITYOperations Supply Chain Procurement Fulfilment Product DevelopmentPlant operations Inventory management PO/requisition approval Asset tracking & tracing Designmanagement Mobile based ERP & BI Warehouse automation changes/approval statusMaintenance management Approvals Status tracking Fleet management Receipt acknowledgement Route optimization Program status &Reporting & scheduling Alerts & notifications Shipment tracking & notification notificationQC report Supplier profile with alerts Program project & reports updatesProduction alerts/reportsAsset tracking 6

MOBILITY – HOW IS IT CRUCIAL FOR YOUR ENTERPRISENot all manufacturing organizations may see the same impact of mobility on their business. Its application depends on the types of interactions as wellas the type of manufacturing the business is engaged in. Organizations experience three different types of collaboration:1 Business In these interactions, mobility can help improve customer service, manage reverse to end customer logistics, and provide a channel to engage with customers for product co-innovation, improved service delivery and demand forecasting.2 Business In these interactions, mobility can improve employee productivity, encourage a to employee self-service culture, improve collaboration and lead to faster execution.3 Business Partners and suppliers can take part in the manufacturing process by mobile enabled to business information access thereby improving quality of decisions. 7

CREATING A USE CASE FOR MOBILITY IN MANUFACTURING Certain benefits of adopting mobile manufacturing practices are: • Mobile solutions can offer manufacturers the means to achieve ‘6-sigma’ data-capture accuracy. This can help reduce some of the ‘7 wastes’ in manufacturing and eliminate the “hidden barriers to Lean manufacturing” • Even a 10 minute reduction in process – for example, by eliminating manual data entry – results in a productivity gain of 2.5% • Mobile solutions can make decision-ready data from SCADA/ MES systems - typically housed in a “control room” – available to key stakeholders on the factory floor. For example, an engineer calibrating a sensor or a technician adjusting the process can access real-time data on a mobile device • Mobile solutions can make decision-ready data from SCADA/ MES systems - typically housed in a “control room” – available to key stakeholders on the factory floor. For example, an engineer calibrating a sensor or a technician adjusting the process can access real-time data on a mobile device • ‘Mobile forms’ reduce the ‘data gap’ (typically around 30% due to manual collection of data) and can significantly improve process control/quality control results • Mobility solutions can also help achieve real-time end-to-end traceability for safety-critical manufacturing such as Aerospace & Defense • Mobile devices can ensure lower labor costs via automated processes • Mobile devices can ensure order fulfillment accuracy 8

Unlike traditional IT projects, the advent of mobile technologies has THE MOBILITY STRATEGYmoved the control from the IT department to business side of theorganization. 9Today this situation has steamrolled in to a scenario where ITdepartment is unable to anchor mobility centrally. Business specificapplications are running in silos, creating challenges in maintenance,access and security. Decentralization is also becoming a reason forslower adoption.What we see clearly, is a lack of a top down mobility strategy leading tochallenges in organization wide mobility deployment. There is a need tostandardize methodologies and mobility tools across the organizationand build integrated solutions. Due to constraints of enterprisearchitecture, mobility adoption is ad-hoc as of now. To reap thebenefits, organizations need a more coherent vision and informedchoices related to key dimensions of:• Choice of middleware• Native vs. hybrid apps• Impact on customer experience• Cost• Agility of deployment

Mobility is not just UI/Apps, it’s about Business Process Transformation123 Identify Business Create Mobility Process/TechnologyProcesses Requiring Blueprint Architecture Enablement Business Core Processes Defines Mobility Policies, Categorization Guidelines & Standardize Platforms 4 5 Develop - Pilot Rollout Global Rollout & • Rapid Development Support Platform • Mobile Device • Cloud Deployment Management • Limited Geo / Users Roll- • Support & Operations out 10

CONTACT USPuzzled with similar queries? I am not sure if this is the right IT solution for me. What am I suppose to do? – nicheBees offer consultation to our customers to help them gauge the feasibility of these applications. I want only one aspect of my firm to be using enterprise mobile apps. Is that possible? - Yes, nicheBees can custom design applications for you so that only one part of the business relies on these IT solutions and the rest of it is operating the way it was. I am not sure if the applications will be compatible with the devices my employees are using. What am I suppose to do? - Enterprise mobile applications can be designed to suit multiple interfaces and platforms. With information about the devices and software your employees have, nicheBees can design the applications accordingly My organization manufactures products, but we want to reduce stock storage and warehouse space. Can applications help us with that? - Yes, nicheBees can develop applications that will update the authorized personnel in the organization about the stock at hand, the stock that has been sold, and the stock that is required. Through these real time updates, the organization can order stock only when it is just needed, and hence avoid piling up unwanted stock or even facing delays in stock arrivals.nicheBees is a premier enterprise and technology consulting organization, with focus on mobile solution for creating next generation digital applications. Customsolutions developed by nicheBees are platform agnostic, best suited for your specific enterprise requirements. nicheBees’ Enterprise Mobility Competency WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT | SALES & SERVICE | DEALER MANAGEMENT | HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT | CRM | SHOP-FLOOR DIGITIZATION | INSURANCE MANAGEMENT | PROPERTY MANAGEMENTwww.nicheBees.com | 91-4065690104 | [email protected] | 11