Building Digital Threads through supply chain data archiving
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DataNovata exceeded our expectations. The team quickly understood what we were trying to achieve and we have found DataNovata to be robust and easy to use. I would certainly recommend DataNovata to anyone wishing to decommission applications.
Stewart Sawinski Technical Architect Controller, SSL
Heavy Manufacturing
How does DataNovata help create digital threads in heavy manufacturing for end-to-end data traceability and lifecycle management?
Manufacturers of heavy machinery encounter obstacles building digital threads to track product lifecycles as they modernize their systems. Complex machinery with complex parts generates multiple Bills of Materials across departments. When parts are transferred, redesigned, removed from production, or recalled, manufacturers are responsible to follow the digital thread to ensure their use doesn't extend past the retirement date.
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Production and BOM data, isolated across incompatible systems, adds to the cost and risk of future operation
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A digital thread that encompasses all data lifecycles is key to industry standard compliance
Key Manufacturing Data Issues:
- Adopting new technologies without decommissioning older systems creates an inaccessible data stack
- Data is hard to track between old and new databases and between department BOMs
- Legacy license fees add to the cost burden with data retention as the only value
- Losing the thread of the data lifecycle risks malfunction and non-compliance with industry standards
Archiving supply chain and lifecycle data with DataNovata achieves:
- Unimpeded access to data with a unified view on a web-based application
- Relational searches with customizable terms and foreign keys to quickly view broad and granular data across BOMs
- Manufacturing ERP decommissioning to simplify and cut costs
- Transparency into part lifecycles with digital threading
There was no lack of vendors who offered to solve our legacy retirement problem. The issue was that they would have to start from scratch for each application, taking more time and money than it was worth. We needed a scalable decommissioning solution we could call off on an as-needed basis, without reinventing the wheel. What sets DataNovata apart is that, in each case we apply it, our business users are hardly aware that we have decommissioned the original system.
IT Director, European Operations Global Office Brands Manufacturer
How a digital thread in manufacturing can transform your business
DataNovata's relational indexing and granular or broad scope search capabilities create the digital thread that heavy manufacturers need to follow end-to-end lifecycles. DataNovata releases valuable data from stacked legacy systems so there is no confusion, complexity or risk. On the other end, DataNovata helps retire manufacturing systems, eliminating the license burden and cutting the complexity from the data infrastructure. The data will always be accessible and secure for as long as needed, for compliance and safety and customer continuity.
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How Does DataNovata Help Achieve Contextual and Accessible Archiving for Quality Control Data?
Manufacturers for Fast Moving Consumer Goods require a smooth data cycle, from end-to-end supply chain processes to consumer feedback loops. Data accessibility is essential for decision making and quality control.
Maintaining multiple current and historical information systems for Product, Asset, Financial and Customer data processing creates technical debt with diminishing returns. Complexity and lack of interoperability prevent manufacturers from extracting data value while driving up costs.
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Factory system retirement without integrated data retention creates silos and inaccessible data
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With no unifying model to engage data from raw materials to production, to ERP, to consumer, it is impossible to strategize and improve
Key FMCG Data Issues:
- Development and distribution stages are managed in isolated, incompatible data systems, some of which are external to the business
- Lack of data sharing leads to isolated decision making, impacting overall performance
- Lack of data visibility impairs insights into the impacts of commercial or operational mandates
- Every region of the operation must meet local compliance requirements
- All of this leads to uncertainty of outcomes, heightened risk, and greater cost of remedy
DataNovata helps build standardization for quality control and planning by:
- Transferring the data to an agile, searchable application to easily view relational data, including external databases
- Enabling collaborative planning with customized data sharing, bookmarks and annotated searches
- Tracing functional workflows through transactions as well as creating total transparency along the supply chain
- Tracing sources on product recalls from any system to identify root causes
- Quickly responding to external audits and customizing governance to fit regional requirements
- Making data AI-accessible for deeper insights and machine learning
It is that flexible. We can predict the time, cost and effort for (decommissioning) each application, without reinventing the wheel. The cost-benefit is measured before a project is engaged and user disruption is minimized throughout the process. But DataNovata goes beyond being a cost-reduction platform for legacy operations. DataNovata helps us to plan strategically for cost- and risk-avoidance, wherever we see an opportunity that fits our operational model.
IT Director, European Operations Global Office Brands Manufacturer
Problems Solved
DataNovata is a simple solution to create meaningful data visibility at any level of operation. DataNovata recreates referential integrity and index searches across many databases to build the foundation for a common data fabric across all parts of manufacturing IT infrastructure.
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