With pressure on manufacturing businesses to increase productivity, profitability and innovation in the face of a global pandemic – making sure that data assets are protected and accessible is one of the most important initiatives for manufacturers to consider. In this session, hear from Michael Watson from Microsoft and Martin Boyd of Profisee for specific steps you can take to establish an established and reliable data foundation in place that stay proactive with automated alerts and updates will lead to agility, effectiveness and success.

To successfully transform manufacturing into more efficient and digital business, it must embrace and harness data. But how do you achieve this if the information you’re using is inconsistent, insufficient or even incomplete? A successful data strategy for manufacturing must be based upon solid governance. This will ensure that the data is collected, stored and accessible in a timely manner.

More and more, top performers in the manufacturing sector are adopting a more holistic approach to data management that includes implementing an MDM hub to consolidate the customer, vendor products, and other important information in a single repository. This lets teams quickly access the information they need and makes it easy for teams to work together.

This allows manufacturers to build a digital trail of what happens to the components during production. This is essential for troubleshooting issues in production and for enhancing processes and tests. It lets you pinpoint what went wrong in a particular production run and the reason. This helps you react faster in a crisis and become more resilient.