{"id":13675,"date":"2020-06-11T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T00:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exigotech.com.au\/?p=13675"},"modified":"2024-04-17T14:29:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T08:59:37","slug":"digital-transformation-technologies-initiating-a-wave-of-change-for-manufacturers-to-help-them-thrive-in-covid-19-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exigotech.co\/in\/blog\/digital-transformation-technologies-initiating-a-wave-of-change-for-manufacturers-to-help-them-thrive-in-covid-19-era","title":{"rendered":"Digital Transformation Technologies \u2013 Initiating a Wave of Change for Manufacturers to Help them Thrive in COVID-19 Era"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The COVID-19 situation has pushed\u00a0all industries to change their way of working and\u00a0the\u00a0manufacturing sector\u00a0is no exception.\u00a0The outspread of the virus has made it clear for <a href=\"\/au\/case-study\/a-h-beard\"><strong>manufacturing companies<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0that they are behind as far as the adoption of digital transformation technologies is\u00a0concerned.\u00a0With\u00a0<strong><a href=\"\/au\/services\/digital-transformation\">digital transformation<\/a> <\/strong>efforts in place, the manufacturers can\u00a0make themselves competitive and their supply chains agile.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Forbes<\/a><\/strong>, the manufacturing industry is going to witness the innovation of\u00a0the\u00a0next five years in a period of just 18 months. Gone are the times when\u00a0the\u00a0manufacturing sector was talking about smart factory and\u00a0the\u00a0implementation of digital technologies in it. Now, it is time to deploy these and survive the disruption led by\u00a0the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.gov.au\/news\/health-alerts\/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-health-alert\/coronavirus-covid-19-current-situation-and-case-numbers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">pandemic<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0Manufacturers initially were not keen on <strong><a href=\"\/au\/blog\/accelerate-your-digital-transformation-journey-with-cloud-managed-services-from-exigo-tech\">adopting digital transformation<\/a><\/strong> because they were struggling to find value in the\u00a0digitalisation\u00a0of their\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/s\/supplychain.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">supply chains<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and other routine operations.\u00a0But now the whole scenario has\u00a0changed,\u00a0and manufacturers are compelled to\u00a0modernise their operations in order to remain in the game.<\/p>\n<p>Deploying digital transformation technologies when most of the staff is working from home can be quite intimidating.\u00a0But you can accelerate this process by following a series of steps &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>The above-mentioned elements do lay a strong foundation for the digitally transformed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/exigotech.co\/au\/industries\/manufacturing\"><strong>manufacturing sector<\/strong><\/a>. These elements ensure that\u00a0your manufacturing ecosystem has the resilience to cope with all the disruptions that\u00a0the\u00a0future\u00a0has to\u00a0throw at it.\u00a0The most important point to note here is that\u00a0digitalisation\u00a0of manufacturing\u00a0opens\u00a0a whole pool of choices for manufacturers.\u00a0From digital transformation\u00a0technologies finely embedded in your processes now, you have the choice to interact with your customers and tailor your product line according to their feedback.<\/p>\n<h3>Application of digital transformation technologies in a manufacturing scenario calls for changes<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Within the factory walls<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Initially, machine to machine connectivity was not\u00a0a\u00a0norm for the manufacturers but now\u00a0digital blocks are ready and hence machine to machine connectivity has become easy. And with digital transformation, all the old and legacy machines can connect and collaborate\u00a0with each other and smoothen routine operations.\u00a0The manufacturers who want to deploy digital transformation technologies slowly <strong><a href=\"\/au\/blog\/why-automation-will-dictate-the-future-of-manufacturing-landscape-in-australia\">start with automation<\/a><\/strong> projects and invest in solutions that\u00a0deliver ROI in\u00a0a\u00a0short period of time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Beyond the factory walls<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Supply chains need to be ramped up to suit the digitally enabled manufacturing ecosystem.\u00a0You need to invest in a supply chain platform that allows\u00a0you to monitor\u00a0all of\u00a0its aspects\u00a0dynamically in\u00a0real-time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Summary<\/h2>\n<p>Digitally transformed and digitally transformed business models enable the manufacturers to be resilient, agile and drive value from routine operations. The application of digital transformation technologies in any manufacturing setup requires expert guidance.<\/p>\n<p>Exigo Tech, a Microsoft Solutions Partner, can help you lead a digital transformation campaign in your manufacturing unit and drive desired results. To speak to one of our experts, call us\u00a0<strong><a href=\"tel:1300 394 468\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">1300 EXIGOTECH (394 468)<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0or email us at\u00a0<strong><a href=\"mailto:sales@exigotech.com.au\">sales@exigotech.com.au<\/a><\/strong>. Let\u2019s team up and begin a digital transformation journey for your manufacturing setup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The COVID-19 situation has pushed\u00a0all industries to change their way of working and\u00a0the\u00a0manufacturing sector\u00a0is no exception.\u00a0The outspread of the virus&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":68422,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[275],"class_list":["post-13675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-transformation","tag-digital-transformation-technologies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exigotech.co\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exigotech.co\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exigotech.co\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exigotech.co\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exigotech.co\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13675"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/exigotech.co\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56990,"href":"https:\/\/exigotech.co\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13675\/revisions\/56990"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exigotech.co\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exigotech.co\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exigotech.co\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exigotech.co\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}