Market conditions in today's economy are changing at an unprecedented rate for manufacturers. Companies of all sizes now contend with increased global competition, faster product cycles, rapid changes in demand, and reduced access to capital. To address these trends successfully, you need solutions that intelligently connect all parts of the value chain so that you can share information with every department, employee, partner, and customer quickly and easily.
Cisco Smart+Connected Manufacturing solutions fundamentally change the competitive landscape for manufacturers by providing:
* Intelligent, timely information and collaboration capabilities in context * Continuous innovation * A differentiated customer experience * Supply chain agility * Operational excellence
A Day in the Life of a Manufacturing CompanyFind out how Cisco can transform the collaboration and improve customer responsiveness across your entire supply chain from sales, product management, R&D, production floor and key suppliers. (4:09 min)
Continuous Innovation • Accelerate time to market up to 30 percent • Increase rate of innovation • Increase product pipeline success rate • Improve new product vitality • Expand intellectual property and patent portfolios Customer Intimacy • Create a consistent, differentiated customer experience across organizational silos • Collaborate with customers to create winning products • Accelerate sales cycles Supply Chain Agility • Leverage global emerging markets • Adapt your supply chain to changing markets in real time • Improve decision-making • Reduce disruptions and shorten duration from weeks to hours Operations Excellence • Improve plant efficiency • Align the factory closely with customer and market needs • Locate inventory, assets and personnel in real time
