Developing a Smart Factory: The Advantages of WMS and MES Integration Creating a smart factory in modern manufacturing is critical for increasing productivity, lowering costs, and improving product quality. Integrating various software systems can assist manufacturers in effectively managing their manufacturing processes, and two main software solutions that can assist in achieving this are Warehouse…
Prioritizing assets based on business risk Welcome to the third and final post in our three-part blog series on optimizing manufacturing operations. In this post, we’ll explore one of the most important considerations for manufacturing companies: prioritizing assets based on business risk. Manufacturing companies rely on a wide range of assets to operate, including everything…
ROIMA ACADEMYFlexible Business Process Control at the Heart of Today’s Business ManagementRoima Enterprise Business Platform (EBP) The Nordic manufacturing industry of today is increasingly focused on the manufacture of customer-specific products. Companies are now seeking to improve operational efficiency through increasing the level of digitalization and automation. Both of these business development areas call for…
ROIMA ACADEMYHigh-Quality ERP Ensures Efficient Use of Resources in the Food and Beverage IndustryThe food and beverage industry as an operating environment has its unique characteristics that set specific demands for companies’ enterprise resource planning processes. Ever-increasing requirements for quality management and the growing environmental awareness of consumers, combined with the need for continuous operational…
ROIMA ACADEMYWhen is the Right Time to Move ERP to the Cloud?IT services used by companies are moving to the cloud at an accelerating rate. According to Gartner’s forecast, the global use of public clouds will increase by 21% this year. The largest share of total growth comes from Software as a Service (SaaS) applications,…
ROIMA ACADEMYManufacturing Digitalization and MESIn this post, I will share what I have learned from my almost 15 years of working with Industrial Automation, Industrial IT and Planning Systems, with dozens of leading manufacturing companies. If you are wondering what Manufacturing Digitalization and MES are, why to invest in them, and what to actually do…
ROIMA ACADEMYHow to Take Your Manufacturing Operations to the Next Level4 Biggest Benefits Our Customers Have Achieved with Roima MOM/MES Solutions In today’s increasingly competitive business environment, companies need to constantly keep improving their products, services and ways of working in order to stay in the game. With the right Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM/MES) solution,…
ROIMA ACADEMYBlog Series: How to Succeed in Multi-Site MES ProgramsPart V Manufacturing Operations Maturity: Current and Target State Definitions as Part of a Multi-Site MES Program < Previous post The success of a Multi-Site MES program requires a company-wide definition of a future state vision that drives the program and digital transformation. This vision is…
ROIMA ACADEMYBlack swans of MES/MOM business cases The theory of black swan events is a metaphor that describes an event that is extremely rare but has severe consequences. No one knows when they occur, nor what is their probability. An earthquake would be an example of a black swan event. When considering starting a MES/MOM…
ROIMA ACADEMYBlog Series: How to Succeed in Multi-Site MES ProgramsPart IV Prerequisites for a Multi-Site MES Program < Previous post Next post > When a company decides to embark on a Multi-Site MES program, there are some prerequisites that need to be addressed before they can actually begin. It is of fundamental importance to define…
