Reduce waste, increase value
The quest to reduce manufacturing waste is not new. While companies have long embraced Lean Manufacturing, digitization and digitalization build upon these core principles to accelerate value.
Digitization: Encoding the paper-based aspects of work processes Digitization encodes physical events into a digital format. For example, manufacturers can digitally codify each different type of waste identified by Lean. Technology can also encode more than a paper trail to include auditory, visual, and other sensory inputs.
Creating the sense-and-response network of the digital nervous system. Digitalization uses the data that digitization creates for higher-level processes and problem-solving activities. This full sense-and-response process creates a closedloop to enable continuous improvement.
