The COVID-19 crisis did not slow smart manufacturing investments: By 2024, half of factory work will be done remotely, impacting job families and shift schedules.
But manufacturing operations leaders struggle in an era of continuous disruption to identify, pilot and scale digital technologies and new ways of working.
Gartner has identified 5 best practices of manufacturing operations leaders who have successfully delivered innovations across factories.
Supply chain manufacturers are at a significant crossroad. Factories must not only support organizational endeavors for agility and growth, but also manage the ongoing impacts and risks from COVID-19.
Regardless of approach, a clearly defined path to managing a pipeline of innovation projects, unleashing them across multiple sites and using its benefits to continue that pipeline, is required.
Bimodal is a practice that describes two separate but coherent ways of working that are required for manufacturing operations to build, scale and succeed with new capabilities. When executed well, both modes are inextricably tied to scale; which is repeatable performance that allows companies to move faster and deliver the value of smart manufacturing.
Gartner experts enable supply chain manufacturing leaders in supporting business growth, risk mitigation, and cost optimization.
The pre-pandemic focus on supply chains enabling agility and growth, driven by smart manufacturing, now faces a more powerful catalyst. This complimentary webinar will help you shape your long-term strategy without hindering short-term actions.
The Hierarchy of Manufacturing Metrics helps to provide supply chain leaders responsible for manufacturing operations strategy and performance with a framework to identify, create and deploy a portfolio of metrics that provides a complete view of manufacturing’s performance.
This research shows manufacturing operations leaders how smart factories align with the Gartner top 10 strategic technology trends and provides guidance on maximizing their potential.
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