In manufacturing, every organization is always striving to improve current processes. Maybe it’s to optimize the way production runs, or to meet a certain quota or quality standard. It can be a stressful but necessary process.
If your process improvement team is still relying on multiple ERP systems, spreadsheets, or worse, paper and pen, stress levels are probably running high.
The last thing anyone wants to consider is implementing a new software program. This will just add more steps to an already complicated process, right? The goal is to make processes more lean to improve overall efficiency, not more steps that take away from it.
What if this new software could simplify process improvement steps? Maybe even eliminate repetitive steps? What if it could eliminate the need to switch between multiple ERP systems and spreadsheets and store all of your forms and data in one place?
This is where a rapid mobile app development platform can help your team:
Eliminate Manual Data Entry
One of the most time-consuming processes of any manufacturing plant is not producing the product, but manually entering data into an ERP system or spreadsheet. Manual data entry is not only a repetitive process, but one that leads to several human errors. If a worker is typing quickly, cannot decipher their notes, or loses the information while collecting it, it can completely throw off process improvement data.
If your team is using spreadsheets or multiple ERP and CRM systems to input crucial data, fields not filled in fully or correctly could potentially cost a department time, money, and in the worst case scenario, a customer.
With rapid mobile app development platforms like Catavolt, paper-based processes are completely eliminated and all current ERP and CRM systems can be accessed through one mobile app or dashboard.
When process improvement teams transition to mobile apps, users can quickly record information, include images or videos, sign off on the data, collaborate with team members, and share information with process teams in other locations in real-time.
Leverage All Your Systems With One Interface
The thought of adding another system to your already complex processes brings a headache, but what if you could eliminate multiple systems and have only one? Catavolt’s rapid mobile app development platform seamlessly integrates with all of your ERP systems, CRM systems and spreadsheets to access data in one space.
By tying in your back-end systems, Catavolt seamlessly extends real-time data to the mobile device of process improvement teams. For example, if your process improvement team uses SAP to log information, Catavolt reads the live data written back from your SAP system already in place. Instead of logging in to multiple different screens, folders, and systems to complete one task, your users simply log in to one system and one screen using their Catavolt mobile app.
To learn more about how Catavolt integrates with your current systems, click here to read, “Myth Buster: You Need Another Expensive ERP System To Do Your Job” blog post.