Digital transformation made easy with the SYNKRO® connectivity solution
- Client
- Confidential
- Sector
- Manufacturing
- Expertise
- Operational Systems Management
CONTEXT
CHALLENGES
ASSIGNMENT
As our clients already had an ERP system (ProcessPro), a manufacturing data acquisition software (CapStone) and a work instructions software (VKS), Synkro team was tasked with building bridges between the different systems in order to route requests to the right system.
Instead of manually entering more than a hundred work orders into the software, SYNKRO automatically routes requests from the ERP to the work instruction system, eliminating the risk of errors associated with manual data transcription.
SYNKRO also reads selected machine sensors, validates laboratory results, and initiates material consumption — having first verified inventory levels in real time — all with minimal human intervention.
RESULTS
Acceleration of the operations process
OBJECTIVE AND ACTIONS
They decided to implement SYNKRO in order to automate certain processes, therefore avoiding having to manually transcribe information for various systems in place.
They decided to implement SYNKRO in order to automate certain processes, therefore avoiding having to manually transcribe information for various systems in place.
- Without Synkro, maintaining the same level of query detail would not have been possible and would have added considerable overhead for the operator. By simplifying the routing of queries between systems, this process is accelerated.
- By eliminating the manual transcription of procedures, work orders and other information, these are followed to the letter and result in a higher quality of work, as there are no manual errors.
- By removing manual entry and paperwork from the production floor, human resource training is simplified and more efficient, which is a huge gain in a labour shortage environment.
TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
Acceleration of the operations process
Increased quality of work
Increased efficiency
The SYNKRO solution now sits at the centre of these applications and relays information to the right systems. These bridges have completely changed the operator’s reality who previously had to go back and forth between different applications for the same information.
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