Transform Your Shop For A Data-Driven 2024

Start fresh in 2024. In a previous blog post, we talked about starting small. In this blog, we will continue to encourage you to take the step you always wanted to be a data-driven shop.

Today’s manufacturers

Today’s manufacturers face a host of common pain points, including:

• A reliance on manual data collection that leads to inaccuracy and profit-eating lag time.
• The inability to scale without hiring more employees.
• Inaccurate bids, missed estimates, and contracts that could have been profitable but are now in the red.
• Thousands of parts, frequent changes, and complex jobs.
• Multiple incompatible systems and machines.
• An inability to escalate to save a job due to a lack of data.
• Losing time and money on retooling because of a lag in quality control data.
• An abundance of data trapped inside your ERP that cannot be accessed or used.

The vicious cycle

But time and time again, they continue to:

• Add more data collection.
• Add more machines.
• Add more people.
• Add more reports.

“More” does not provide clarity. Actionable data does.

And Alora can help. Alora helps you get to the root of the problem by addressing issues across people, systems, and machines to provide clarity and direction. It provides instant feedback that puts your plant’s data into context. It increases individual employee capacity by empowering and engaging operators with simple touchscreen operator interfaces that make real-time data constantly accessible. It also clarifies data management to submit accurate estimates and ensure jobs end in the black and not red.

And now, Alora has another feature empowering you to be more data-driven. With our new builder tools, you can customize and create your own Dashboards and Widgets. This new enhancement allows you to tailor your data to meet your business needs. Visualize your KPIs (key performance indicators) and the most relevant information for your role. Quickly identify trends and patterns. Use data to make intelligent decisions in planning and forecasting.

Alora is ending this year with a bang. Our platform provides even better manufacturing intelligence for you to succeed in this competitive, globalized market.

Start 2024 by being data-driven and seeing the health of your business. Leverage the Alora Builders to become the manufacturer you want to be next year!

Still not convinced? See how Alora can produce outstanding returns for your facility.

If you enjoyed reading this article, check out these posts:

• Smart Manufacturing: What Is It— Really, and How Can I Do It?
• The Key to Visible Actionable Data on Your Shop Floor
• Do You Have a Data Action Plan?