Top 5 Reasons To Consider Mobility In Manufacturing

As manufacturing facilities continue to fight for survival and dominance within their respective markets, they must take steps that will maximise resources. Providing users with reliable and secure remote access to plant data, is rapidly becoming a vital element in an organisation’s success.

In recent years, dramatic changes in the global manufacturing plant landscape have compelled organisations to respond to a new set of challenges, including: 

• An increasing number of temporary users requiring secure, on-demand access to plant data;

• Flexible and alternative working

• Changes due to organisational restructuring (mergers and acquisitions, outsourcing);

• The need to conduct business operations across time zones and countries

As automation industry analyst, Jim Pinto, points out in a recent Automation World article, Mobile in Automation, “Mobile equivalents – tablets, smart phones and other portable devices, deliver vastly improved productivity and yield drastically reduced total cost of ownership.” 

But what are some of the top reasons to consider mobility and data?

1. Provide Access to On-demand Plant Data from Anywhere

2. Improve Decision-making and Manager Effectiveness

3. Validate Process Accuracy 

4. Ability to Utilise Resources Securely

5. Increase Line Uptime

For more information there is a useful whitepaper which discusses these available here.  

This post was contributed by Wonderware UK and Ireland. For more information on mobile solutions for manufacturing visit the website here.