5 MANUFACTURING APPS GUARANTEED TO IMPROVE YOUR PROCESSES
Mobile applications are no longer a millennial buzzword. In an increasingly digital world, apps are a necessary business resource. According to Forbes, 81 percent of CEOs see mobile technologies as being strategically important for their enterprises – and manufacturing is following suit.
In fact, there’s a 33 percent predicted mobility growth in manufacturing. Because of security and support challenges, manufacturing companies are staying away from personal devices and integrating industrial-grade mobile tablets right into their plants.
Not sure what apps you should look into downloading? We saved you some trouble and broke down five apps known for improving processes.
1. Inventory tracking: Canvas
Keeping track of inventory can be difficult as a company continues to grow, especially using traditional tracking methods. Moving to a digital platform will relieve some of the stress in keeping inventory orders organized by doing the hard work for you.
Canvas offers several different inventory tracking apps, including an inventory tracker with barcoding, and tracking forms and an inventory in-out form that tracks what comes in and leaves the company in a spreadsheet format.
The app can be installed on desktop computers and mobile devices, allowing on-the-go access to all inventory records.
2. Shift Scheduling: Deputy
Scheduling employees and managing payroll are shifting to a digital platform. Deputy is useful for employers to schedule shifts and keeping track of shift costs.
The app has various features that allow employers to schedule employees across various departments, drag and drop schedules across weeks and months creating an easy-to-use schedule builder and publishing schedules for employees through email or text.
Deputy also has advanced features that allow employers to view estimate shift costs and graph wages against expected sales, ensuring that employers never have to go over budget.
3. Equipment Inspection: Yardi Inspection Mobile
Maintaining a safe and continuously working environment is crucial to a company’s success. Using a mobile app to keep track and schedule inspections secures a company’s safety in an easier and more accessible way.
Yardi allows you to enter inspection information into a platform that you can access at any time. Inspectors can see scheduled inspections, and then update the data after the inspection is complete through the same app.
Most Android smartphones and Apple products support this app. It also does not require a wireless connection to access data, which can give employers the security that they will always be able to maintain a safe working environment.
4. Generating interactive reports: SAP Roambi Analytics
With many companies shifting to digital platforms in various aspects of their company, creating modern, digital reports and charts are important.
SAP Roambi Analytics is the leading app for creating interactive reports, charts, dashboards, KPI’s, analytics, and data visualizations. The app allows users to take Google spreadsheets, Box, databases and more and turn them into visualizations for mobile devices.
This is a great way for businesses to track sales or create reports and share them with their team.
5. Auditing: 5S Audit Form
Organization is key to maintaining an efficient and successful workplace. Following an audit plan will help ensure the company is running effectively.
5S Audit Form is primarily helpful in systematically running through effective audits and following an audit plan. By mobilizing the audit plan, you can make sure your company is clean, organized, and running properly from wherever you are.
Using a mobile auditing app will allow you to keep quality control over the workplace and maintain high performance standards.
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Have you ever tried these mobile resources? What manufacturing apps do your plant use? We’d love to hear what works for you. Give us a call at 1.800.333.7519 or contact us online to speak with an ACI representative today.