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Huge upside from digital transformation

As the manufacturing industry continues to evolve and become more intricate, the need to integrate and connect operations becomes increasingly crucial in gathering real-time, actionable data. This is commonly referred to as Industry 4.0 or Smart Factory, and Materion’s Information and Operational Technology teams have been collaborating with its businesses to develop a phased approach for building a digital foundation in its plants. This equips the company with real-time data to make informed decisions quickly and efficiently, ultimately benefiting both the customer and Materion.

“There is tremendous upside to digitally transforming our facilities and manufacturing processes to conduct business smarter with more efficiency and better customer care,” says Vinder Bhambra, Senior Director, Global Engineering. “Industry 4.0 gives us the ability to collect operating data automatically, without manual effort, and use that information to make faster, data driven, positive changes to our operations.”

With the right digital infrastructure, Materion says it can keep customers better informed by accessing better data more quickly. Realtime data provides the necessary tools to drive faster cycle times, reduce time-to-market, ensure on-time delivery, increase production capacity, and gain real-time business insights.

Leveraging real-time data allows the company to identify and address production or supply chain issues successfully, while eliminating paper-based processes and delivering digital manufacturing instructions to operators at each step. Improved quality assurance and 100% audit-ready