Smart manufacturing

Leaders with foresight aren’t shying away from inflation, supply chain challenges, and labor shortages. Instead, they’re looking at these challenges as opportunities to reimagine their organizations. How? Through smart manufacturing technologies that drive greater operational efficiency, open doors to new and incremental revenue, and create a more connected supply chain.

Smart manufacturing technology allows you to automate your plant floor, generate more effective insights from your data, and more easily identify new opportunities. The supply chain and materials movement visibility provided by data analytics, AI, and other smart technology enable you to better manage labor and equipment utilization with precision, offering cost savings, increased capacity, and greater flexibility.

Ready to talk with an expert about smart manufacturing and industry 4.0 solutions for your manufacturing organization? Let’s get in touch, or explore our insights below.

Plante Moran’s smart manufacturing consultants take a holistic, sustainable, and scalable approach. From assessing where you stand to creating your best course of action, we take a practical approach and deliver tailored services to help you achieve greater efficiency, increased flexibility, and lower costs.

• Maximize smart manufacturing technology to achieve greater scalability and flexibility.
• Integrate enterprise-wide data and turn it into actionable insights that enhance decision-making.
• Implement plant floor automation to drive operational efficiencies and improve utilization.
• Utilize technology to increase supply chain visibility, reduce disruption, and shorten time-to-market.
• Leverage analytics and margin intelligence to invest in the right products and target the right customers.
• Assess your financial and tax approach, including utilizing R&D tax credits to minimize the burden of investments.