Getting the most from new technology for manufacturing

NEW TECHNOLOGY IS CRUCIAL TO STAY IN THE GAME, BUT RISKY

In order to stay competitive, Australian manufacturers have no alternative but to place a renewed focus on digitisation,automation and

Enterprise Resource Planning initiatives. Many hope that the new technology will be the silver bullet to solve safety, productivity and profitability problems. And yet many initiatives deliver a limited return on investment, and more often than we would like to admit, the impact is negative.

According to Forbes Magazine: 25% of technology projects fail , 25% don’t show ROI and 50% need massive rework. Consultants often blame cultural obstacles and poor management for this state of affairs.

MANAGEMENT IS FRUSTRATED

"We were already overloaded with information, the new system has magnified this problem"

"Where will my managers find the time to support the new implementation?"

"The new system is constraining our ability to adapt to changes in the environment and doing little to satisfy our clients better than the competition"

"We could not continue with our old system, but I am not convinced the new one is an improvement"

"We do not know which data is crucial and cannot support our technology partner in optimising the implementation sequence."

WHAT WE NEED

A successful a technology intervention delivers buy-in from employees and significant visible results, quickly. This requires adjustment of organisational culture and an easier ways of coordinating work.

In our experience the best way of achieving this is by building a change platform -this allows bottom up initiatives driven by engaged employees.

At Stratflow we have developed a change platform, the Productivity Platform, that makes this possible. Over 20 years in more than 40 manufacturing companies and more than 80 mines we have successfully implemented this system.

IN THIS MASTERCLASS YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT

How best practice ideas limits operational performance, and how it makes the implementation of new technology risky and ineffective.

Which best practice ideas to keep, which to change and what to change them to.

How to overcome cultural and process obstacles to build a productivity platform

How the productivity platform identifies leverage points (where the new technology will deliver outsized benefits quickly), frees up managerial time, stabilises production and lowers cost.

Case studies showing application of these concepts.

(To learn more about Stratflow go to www.stratflow.com )