How Digital Workflows Improve Manufacturing Operations

Amid all the interest in the digital transformation of the manufacturing and processing industries, most discussions tend to focus on data and analytics. These factors are, of course, integral to industry’s digital transformation but ultimately, the analysis of manufacturing operations data is about delivering visibility. Having visibility into production assets and using that info to drive improvements is the key to modern manufacturing—and business in general these days. However, in the operations technology space, visibility on the plant floor has been a challenge due to the number of different systems and equipment used from a variety of suppliers, which often leads to an environment that’s more reactive than proactive