Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing have reached up to the point where merely having intelligent tools or products is not enough. Digital transformation and smart manufacturing are at a tipping point and what is crucial now is how these digital tools are integrated within the infrastructure of manufacturing.
The ‘Smart’ in the Smart Factory for an Intelligent Manufacturing Business when relying on a sophisticated ERP Solution like S/4HANA Cloud, is all about getting to a place where cutting-edge product performance to explore new avenues of revenue and service is taken for granted.
Currently, digital transformation and smart manufacturing are at a tipping point. The strategic integration of these digital tools with the existing infrastructure of manufacturing is crucial.
This next phase of manufacturing is all about building an ecosystem of digital technologies for a ‘smart’ manufacturing business.
In fact, most leading manufacturers say they have already adopted some form of ‘Industry 4.0’ technologies, capabilities or approaches within their production and operations.
SAP Industry 4.0 technologies focus on creating ‘intelligent products’ and processes through the transformation of conventional factories into intelligent factories.
The key to unlock the real underlying value of Industry 4.0 is the ability to completely reframe the traditional business and industry value chain by creating an unprecedented competitive advantage.
At VC ERP Consulting, we believe ‘intelligent products’ are about using smart technologies and models to create value — for your organization, the end users and the value chain by exploiting the maximum potential of an ERP Solution such as SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
We believe now is the time for manufacturers to start rethinking the relationship between products, processes and profits using Industry 4.0 as the lens.
In this article, we take you on the journey towards a ‘smart business’ with the help of the second component of Industry 4.0: Intelligent Products.
Intelligent Products is one of the four pillars of SAP’s Industry 4.0 initiative, alongside Intelligent Factories, Intelligent Assets and Empowered People.
Intelligent products take many forms like a customized shirt in colors chosen by the consumer delivered at their door, cars using sensors to remind drivers to refuel and an industrial machining unit using sensors and IoT to collect data and inform operators of maintenance issues or how processes could be more efficient.
Improve everything from product quality and customer experience to supply chain & R&D with SAP Intelligent Products solution portfolio. Anticipate service needs, receive remote upgrades and open the door to new and service-based business models.
SAP Intelligent Products solution portfolio offered by VC ERP Consulting entails –
If you want to create value for your manufacturing business, just putting sensors in the plant machines or products is not enough. Your design teams need to translate the data into insights and focus on real product improvements.
It is high time employees use machine data to –
Standardize business processes and orchestrate it through a central cloud for improved information flow and advanced analytics.
Now that we are well-versed with how intelligent products are capable of transforming your business processes, let us move forward to understand VC ERP Intelligent Products Approach for your business.
For many manufacturing businesses, Intelligent Products is a manufacturing or distribution center-focused effort. Your business can truly achieve a plethora of benefits and realize the value of Intelligent Products by embracing the philosophy holistically across the entire organization.
Now and here is how it can help you and add value:
Simplify and accelerate the journey to Industry 4.0 across various industries and lines of businesses with VC ERP Consulting, one of the best SAP & Microsoft Gold Partner in India.
We offer a library of industry proven best practices, preconfigured SAP ERP Solutions and deployment options.
In order to make your Industry 4.0 experience seamless, we run Industry 4.0 maturity assessment and gap analysis to determine the opportunities for improvement.
This can help you to:
Call +91 7948998911 (India), Whatsapp +254 111229970 (Kenya), Call +1 469 915 6026 (North America) or drop an E-mail at sayhello@vc-erp.com
The ‘Smart’ in the Smart Factory for an Intelligent Manufacturing Business when relying on a sophisticated ERP Solution like S/4HANA Cloud, is all about getting to a place where cutting-edge product performance to explore new avenues of revenue and service is taken for granted.
Currently, digital transformation and smart manufacturing are at a tipping point. The strategic integration of these digital tools with the existing infrastructure of manufacturing is crucial.
This next phase of manufacturing is all about building an ecosystem of digital technologies for a ‘smart’ manufacturing business.
In fact, most leading manufacturers say they have already adopted some form of ‘Industry 4.0’ technologies, capabilities or approaches within their production and operations.
SAP Industry 4.0 technologies focus on creating ‘intelligent products’ and processes through the transformation of conventional factories into intelligent factories.
The key to unlock the real underlying value of Industry 4.0 is the ability to completely reframe the traditional business and industry value chain by creating an unprecedented competitive advantage.
At VC ERP Consulting, we believe ‘intelligent products’ are about using smart technologies and models to create value — for your organization, the end users and the value chain by exploiting the maximum potential of an ERP Solution such as SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
We believe now is the time for manufacturers to start rethinking the relationship between products, processes and profits using Industry 4.0 as the lens.
In this article, we take you on the journey towards a ‘smart business’ with the help of the second component of Industry 4.0: Intelligent Products.
What are Intelligent Products?
Intelligent Products is one of the four pillars of SAP’s Industry 4.0 initiative, alongside Intelligent Factories, Intelligent Assets and Empowered People.
Intelligent products take many forms like a customized shirt in colors chosen by the consumer delivered at their door, cars using sensors to remind drivers to refuel and an industrial machining unit using sensors and IoT to collect data and inform operators of maintenance issues or how processes could be more efficient.
Improve everything from product quality and customer experience to supply chain & R&D with SAP Intelligent Products solution portfolio. Anticipate service needs, receive remote upgrades and open the door to new and service-based business models.
SAP Intelligent Products solution portfolio offered by VC ERP Consulting entails –
- SAP Enterprise Product Development to digitize product development processes
- SAP S/4HANA manufacturing solution to redefine production processes
- SAP Internet of Things (SAP IoT) solution to address industrial IoT use cases
- Ability to adapt to various business environments and use cases
- Ability to optimize maintenance costs, primarily in vehicles, machinery and industrial application
- Ability to deliver customized end-consumer products
Reimagine your Business Processes with Intelligent Products
If you want to create value for your manufacturing business, just putting sensors in the plant machines or products is not enough. Your design teams need to translate the data into insights and focus on real product improvements.
It is high time employees use machine data to –
- Increase plant utilization and improve changeover speeds
- Capture product performance and maintenance data
- Generate new revenue models
Standardize business processes and orchestrate it through a central cloud for improved information flow and advanced analytics.
Now that we are well-versed with how intelligent products are capable of transforming your business processes, let us move forward to understand VC ERP Intelligent Products Approach for your business.
VC ERP Intelligent Products Approach
For many manufacturing businesses, Intelligent Products is a manufacturing or distribution center-focused effort. Your business can truly achieve a plethora of benefits and realize the value of Intelligent Products by embracing the philosophy holistically across the entire organization.
Now and here is how it can help you and add value:
Unify Your Entire Business
- Move digitalization from factory-focused initiatives to a company-wide competitive business strategy
- Combine manufacturing automation with enterprise business information and execution
- Transform how you work by connecting your entire company and orchestrating –
- Sales
- Engineering
- Maintenance & Service
- Finance
- Logistics
- Manufacturing
Move towards a data-driven Enterprise
- Collect, process and share (near) real-time information from machines, vehicles and people.with Industrial IoT devices and sensors
- Turn raw data into improved business process automation and actionable insights
- Improve productivity and agility in industrial environments with real-world situational awareness of the business
- Combine enterprise business data with IoT data and automate processes increasing visibility and efficiency
- Track the temperature of inbound raw materials and automatically post inventories for supply-to-production
Scale Your Business Operations
- Run one standardized operational process spanning all available resources globally
- Connect end-to-end business processes from enterprise to shop floor and shift production across facilities flexibly
- Move production closer to demand and deliver customer expectations with optimized capacity
- Establish consistent systems across all operations supported with digital technologies, flexible business processes and quick access to data
Pave the path towards an ‘intelligent’ business with VC ERP Today!
Simplify and accelerate the journey to Industry 4.0 across various industries and lines of businesses with VC ERP Consulting, one of the best SAP & Microsoft Gold Partner in India.
We offer a library of industry proven best practices, preconfigured SAP ERP Solutions and deployment options.
In order to make your Industry 4.0 experience seamless, we run Industry 4.0 maturity assessment and gap analysis to determine the opportunities for improvement.
This can help you to:
- Evaluate new business scenarios and define a strategic business vision
- Identify weaknesses and strengths to improve current business scenarios
- Develop a digital transformation road map and enable innovative business processes
Call +91 7948998911 (India), Whatsapp +254 111229970 (Kenya), Call +1 469 915 6026 (North America) or drop an E-mail at sayhello@vc-erp.com
