Discrete manufacturing

Novel challenges, processes and ways of working in the discrete industry require an entirely new approach

Optimizing agility and innovation in discrete manufacturing

When a product moves from one process to another in an unstructured way, production becomes a complex process. Add increasing demand for custom products, smaller lot sizes, extremely short lifecycles and new technologies built into products, and you’ve only named a handful of the challenges that discrete industry businesses are faced with today.

One word sums up the #1 characteristic needed to survive and thrive in discrete manufacturing: flexibility. Times are changing, technology is evolving at ever-faster rates, and those businesses unable to embrace creative new ways of using data, supporting innovation, streamlining processes and integrating their equipment with their ERP systems risk losing their competitive edge – and their profitability.

Here at delaware, we specialize in a wide range of discrete industry processes, and we speak your language

3 biggest challenges in the discrete industry

While automation and digitization are tough to tackle in every sector, discrete manufacturing comes with highly specific challenges that must be addressed with industry-tailored IT solutions by an experienced partner.

1. Production planning: to produce customized products flexibly and rapidly while keeping minimal stock at hand, companies must find new ways to be creative with the tools at their disposal.

2. Product complexity: businesses should be able to design products that are both produced flexibly, but that have many options themselves, even in the face of ever shorter product lifecycles.

3. Traceability: every step of the production process must be transparent through machine integration with multiple systems.

delaware's ERP template for discrete manufacturers

We understand the importance of your company history and the specific needs of your industry when it comes to developing an effective IT solution that truly enables efficiency. Our in-house FAST-Engineer™ template, based on standard SAP S/4HANA, targets discrete industry businesses of all sizes interested in operational excellence. Our FAST-Engineer solution enables:

  • Flexible, data-enriched production processes
  • Production planning transparency
  • New technologies (IoT, sensors) to be built into products
  • Real-time reporting and analytics of shop floor processes
  • Optimized tooling implementation
  • Integration with cross industries like advanced planning and warehousing

Why choose delaware

  • We work with you in a technology-agnostic manner to help you identify the most appropriate tool for your business.
  • We are actively present in the discrete industry; numerous companies currently rely on FAST-Engineer™.

  • We have deep expertise in specific verticals as diverse as steel, engineering, wood, high-tech and more.
  • We’re not just technical experts in the solution; we thoroughly understand how to apply it within the context of your industry’s best practices.
  • We take an agile approach to projects and collaborate closely with your team to ensure the most impactful results.

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