The Digital Thread - WMEP Manufacturing Solutions

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Helping manufacturers SUCCEED

UW-STOUT MANUFACTURING OUTREACH CENTER

A resource of the Discovery Center

Phone. 866.880.2262 Web. www.uwstout.edu/moc

Industry 4.0

- The Digital Thread

Ron Thomas – UW-Stout MOC

Graham Barnes – JB Systems

Kent Barby – WB Manufacturing

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Agenda

▪ Ron

▪ Set the Stage

▪ The Digital Thread for SMMs

▪ Graham

▪ Connect to the Customer

▪ Interactive Web Applications

▪ Kent

▪ Connect Data to Machines

▪ Closed loop Shop Applications

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The Fourth Industrial Revolution

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Industrial Internet: Pushing the Boundaries of Minds and Machines; General Electric; Peter C. Evans and Marco Annunziata, November 26, 2012

The Goal: closed-loop & real-time data.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution

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The Digital Thread => Data Driven Decision

Data Driven = 5% more Productive

Data Driven + IOT = 25% more Productive

Erik Brynjolfsson, Lorin M. , Hitt and Heekyung Hellen Kim, Strength in numbers: How does data-driven decision making affect firm performance?, (ICIS Proceedings, Paper 13, 2011).https://www.upwork.com/hiring/trends/iot-business-cost-reduction-revenue-growth/

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The “Digital Thread” enables information flow between all elements of the product lifecycle creating the channel for real-time collaboration between product stakeholders, from Sales to Service.

The Digital Thread Applied

Ref: https://blog.lnsresearch.com/blog/bid/202211/Weaving-the-Digital-Thread-Across-Industrial-Value-Chains-INFOGRAPHIC

https://blog.lnsresearch.com/blog/bid/202211/Weaving-the-Digital-Thread-Across-Industrial-Value-Chains-INFOGRAPHIC

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OEMs Digital Product Lifecycle

Requirements Development

Design & Analyze

Fabricate / Manufacture / Assemble

Sustain &

End of Life

Configuring & Quoting

Order Entry System

Fabricate / Manufacture / Assemble

Shipping &

Reporting

SMMs Digital Value Stream

(WHERE THE REAL OPPORTUNITY I$!)

The Digital Thread Applied to SMMs

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https://youtu.be/wot9DFzFRLU

2018 MEP Best Practices Conference, Kansas City, MO. September 13, 2018


https://youtu.be/wot9DFzFRLU

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Production POV – Define Value

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DATA ACROSS THE EXTENDED VALUE STREAM

EXTENDED VALUE STREAM

SUPPLIER

SUPPLIER

FABRICATE

ORDERCLOSING

ASSEMBLE

SHIPPING &REPORTING

AFTER-SALES

SERVICE

ORDER ENTRYCONFIGURE

&QUOTE

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➢DATA

➢DECISIONS

➢VALUE

Digital Thread


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Digital Thread Applied to… You.

▪ Configuring and Quoting Opportunity?

▪ Do you shop online?

▪ Do research online?

▪ What are you looking for?

▪ Notice anything about new sites?

▪ Your company website? Web 1.0 vs 3.0?

▪ How about configuring and quoting?

▪ Solution:

▪ Graham & JB System’s Web Applications

▪ Fabricating and Assembling Opportunity?

▪ Have order data in ERP?

▪ Link data to machines?

▪ Link data to processes?

▪ Automatically move material?

▪ Your company reporting? Siloed vs Connected?

▪ How about closing the loop?

▪ Solution:

▪ Kent & WB Mfg’s Shop Data Applications


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JB System’s Web Applications

We are a custom web development, graphic design and

online marketing agency in downtown Eau Claire, WI. Our passion is creating hand-crafted websites with thoughtful

ideas and innovative technologies.

Who Is JB Systems?

WE MAKE THE WEB SIMPLE.

Your customers want and expect answers and full service in

nearly real-time.

We’ve all undoubtedly had this experience at one time

or another.

How The Digital Thread Affects The World

We Live In

Ordering a pizza for delivery…websites and apps now track

every movement of your order.

The “Where’s My Pizza” Phenomenon

Consider That Our Customers Might Expect

More From The Online Experience Of Your Website.

Can This Logic Type Really Be Applied

To Manufacturing?

After tracking and whilst enjoying their delivered pizza, let’s

say a potential customer visits your website.

Will the expectation “deliver?”

Is Your Website “Web 1.0 or 3.0?”

Websites of today can go so far as to include

custom product configurators, requests for quotesand integration with a variety of ERP systems.

What Web Platforms Are Available

For Manufacturers?

1. What is our ideal user experience and how do we define it?

Understanding The Potential Power Of Your Website


2. Intuitive U/I - Even if users find what they’re looking for,

can they really get what they need or are expecting?





3. Flexible Ordering & Product Options - Are there process improvements?





3. Flexible Ordering & Product Options - Are there process improvements?

4. ERP Integration - Improve efficiency and avoid multiple data sets.


What information is easily accessible to your customers, where do you want them to go,

what do you want them to do?

Defining The “User Journey”

Several tools are available for use in your analysis, the industry standard

being Google Analytics.

Audit Your Website

When do users “bounce” from the website?

Bounce Rate = The website page from which a user leaves your website.

This should NOT be the homepage.

Audit Your Website

Heatmaps & scroll maps are other options that report a visual footprint of how users

interact with your website.

Audit Your Website

Following your audit, you’ll likely have a better idea of what

your website users are doing.

If your findings aren’t not ideal, what improvements can we explore?

A Defined User Journey

U/I = User Interface

Your website should know what it’s users want to do before it’s users know what they

want to do.

Intuitive U/I + A Defined User Journey

Web 1.0 = Downloadable PDF of Products, rarely updated, often inaccurate.

Web 3.0 = Real-time product database tied to a website U/I that is easy-to-use.

A Defined User Journey - Web 1.0 or 3.0?

Web 1.0 = Display products that are out-of-date or no longer in stock.

Web 3.0 = Real-time product database with an easy-to-use product manager that

allows admin’s to edit/add/remove product and effectively track inventory.


Web 1.0 = One price displays for all users, if you even show pricing; because updating

prices on your website is probably not easy to do.

Web 3.0 = User system with buying groups allows your business to define custom prices

for individual customers.


Web 1.0 = Call in with any custom orders; hopefully the specs work.

Web 3.0 = Structured product database with built-in dependencies, allow users to build

and request pricing for custom products online, on-the-fly.


Let’s Demonstrate The Potential Of How Your Website

Can Work For You….

Configure A Product Here

Your website’s administrative tools can allow you to interact with

your website data in a number of ways.

Quotes or orders can be approved, denied/processed with the click of a button.

All information is databased for quick and easy reference.

How Do We Harness This Data?

An API makes this possible.

API = Application Programming Interface.

An API allows applications to share information with each other.

Your Website & ERP Integration

Save Time. Avoid re-keying what your customers already keyed for you.

Information from your website does not need to be re-entered into your ERP system

when synced with your website.

Benefits of ERP Integration With An Intuitive Website

Accurate data tracking and reporting.

Your website’s CMS and your ERP system fluidly share the same data sets.

Benefits of ERP Integration With An Intuitive Website

An intuitive, easy-to-use and flexible

Content Management System (CMS).

Other Online Components To Support The Digital Thread…

A custom Content Management System (CMS) and supporting

modules allow your organization a flexible way to make changes to your website without the knowledge of

“writing code.”

Content Management Systems (CMS)

A custom CMS can also be beneficial to the improvement

of your internal processes.

Discover how to maximize your companies efficiency and

productivity by getting the most from your website.

Content Management Systems (CMS)


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WB Manufacturing’s Shop Data Applications

Order Entry

Process Order

Material Management

Labeling and Machining

Cutting Finished

Edgebanding and Doweling

Grouping Cabinet Parts for Assembly

Assembly Line

Finished Cabinet

2020 inSight Scheduling and Statuses


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How can the Digital Thread help you?

Contact Us:

UW-Stout Manufacturing Outreach Center

Phone 715-232-2397 or toll free 866-880-2262

www.uwstout.edu/moc

Ron Thomas, MS, MSPM

Sr. Project Manager

715-573-7378

[email protected]

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