Common challenges on the factory floor
The ERP manages purchasing, inventory and operations, but shop-floor photos, confirmations, reviews and traceability links remain scattered.
Use case · Extend your ERP
Keep your ERP. Connect your shop-floor workflows.
Continue using your back-office systems while focusing improvements on shop-floor work that still relies on paper, Excel and manual organization.
How work is done today
Operators first complete paper forms or spreadsheets, then organize the necessary information for the business system later.
Build improvement into the workflow
- 01Map system responsibilities
- 02Confirm data sources
- 03Connect shop-floor workflows
- 04Confirm and review
- 05Assess required integration
How it works in practice
- Identify the data already managed by the ERP and what is still missing on the floor.
- First confirm master data and unique identifiers.
- Establish confirmation, review and export workflows for shop-floor data.
- Where ERP, MES or API integration is needed, assess authorization, formats and the system environment.
YOUR NEXT STEP
Start with an operational process that takes too much time
Understand how work is done today, then assess where AI and digital tools can help.