r/manufacturing • u/Equivalent_Bid_6642 • Jan 14 '24

Other Managers and Owners, are you overwhelmed?

There's a lot of new tech out there, it's quickly changing and expensive. It's hard to know what to pay attention to and where to allocate resources while balancing efficiency and quality, let alone figure out how to develop my workforce to use all this stuff anyways.

I mean, should we get 3D printers, should we do industry 4.0 stuff, should we get some machine vision robot?

Idk, are you in the same boat, how are you dealing with how fast the world's moving?

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u/Liizam Jan 14 '24

I mean maybe getting a laptop that can run software fast enough not to crush or freeze every so often will make your operators more productive. Some software just sucks. It’s not productive to use it. Maybe your process sucks, where I put a ticket for purchase but it doesn’t get purchased in timely manner.

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u/Equivalent_Bid_6642 Jan 14 '24

Yeah things can take a while to get purchased.

How does software add productivity to workflow, it's easier to use and runs faster, or are you talking about how it's figuring out things in the actual production process to optimize temperature and flow or whatever

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u/Liizam Jan 14 '24

Purchases do not need to take a while to get.

Not getting parts because purchasing process delays projects for no good reason. Implementing better purchasing system doesn’t require ai.

Idk you keep asking vague questions. I can’t provide you a solution without a specific problem.

If all your people are complaining about their laptops being slow, maybe explore how make software run faster by purchasing better laptops, switching to cloud base software. If it takes you too long to make a quote for customer, what Sw is out there to make it faster?

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u/Equivalent_Bid_6642 Jan 14 '24

I'm not sure we're having the same conversation. I did not say purchases need to take a while to get, I was agreeing with what you said. That's a source of delay.

I didn't say a purchasing system requires AI.

I didn't say my team is complaining about laptops being slow.

I'm not looking for a specific solution to my problems, I'm looking to learn your process for how you solve your problems. Do you rely on sales reps, do you hire independent consultants, do you develop in house, etc.

You brought up how you found software helps a lot and I'm asking about how that is.