Smart Manufacturing in Action: Learn from These 6 Metal Leaders

No matter what type of manufacturing your company does, gaining real-time access to data and keen insight into what’s happening on your shop floor can help you achieve goals you once considered unattainable. It’s called connected manufacturing, and it’s having a ripple effect on the entire industry. Here are six metal manufacturers that are already using smart manufacturing to their advantage. For years, Gill Industries tried to manage business and production processes across eight global sites by using QuickBooks and spreadsheets. Frustrated by the out-of-date information that resulted from this approach-and wanting to gather better performance metrics from throughout the company-Gill’s new leadership began looking for a way to standardize processes across all facilities. After establishing a single, cloud-based ERP system of record, Gill centralized its operational data, freeing up staff to focus on adding value rather than entering data.