The Compelling Case for Manufacturing's Digital Shift
The surge in raw material costs, increasing skills deficit, and fluctuating demand create significant challenges for manufacturers. With the growing focus on sustainability and AI adoption, companies in the Industry 4.0 journey struggle to enhance supply chain visibility and traceability, streamline production, and support complex assembly lines. Successfully navigating this convoluted ecosystem and meeting ever-changing market demands requires cultivating a culture of organizational scalability and agility that paves the way for an intelligent and adapting manufacturing future.
31%
Manufacturing industry is responsible for 31% of global energy consumption
20.5%
year-over-year pace of industry growth in 2024, down from 41.3% in 2023
47%
of manufacturers are still in the AI experimentation phase
24%
of manufacturers cite budget as a major reason for stalled digital investment
16%
Only 16% of manufacturing firms have real-time visibility into operations
Our Manufacturing Services
Synoptek recognizes the need to enable intelligent, resilient, and sustainable manufacturing operations and enable a circular economy. Our curated suite of manufacturing-focused services allows firms to streamline factory and warehouse operations while seamlessly adjusting to a rapidly shifting environment.
Leveraging the power of AI, cloud, automation, enterprise application design, management, support, and quality assurance, you can enhance workforce productivity, better manage production complexities, promote real-time manufacturing operations, and build smarter supply chains.
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Product Design Engineering and Innovation
Act on real-time market, customer, and business data to inform product design and engineering, driven by richer customer and IoT feedback.
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Product Lifecycle Management
Seamlessly implement and manage sensors and IoT-enabled smart devices to capture real-time data on product performance, enable proactive maintenance, and optimize production processes for greater efficiency and sustainability.
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Demand Forecasting
Leverage Artificial Intelligence, automation, and integrated systems to track supply and demand, trigger automated production scheduling, and optimize inventory and sales volumes autonomously.
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Material Requirements Planning
Effectively manage and plan inventory based on actual demand signals and enable accurate demand-driven material requirements planning with platforms like Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain.
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Supply Chain Management
Adopt advanced EDI solutions to build a tight-knit ecosystem of third-party logistics partners, vendors, and customers, optimize inventory, and control the movement of raw materials and finished products in real-time.
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Sourcing and Distribution
Leverage GenAI's power to select the best suppliers and vendors, negotiate prices, and ensure the timely procurement of quality materials and delivery of finished goods.
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Connected Customer Experience
Utilize modern enterprise platforms like Microsoft Dynamics 365 to integrate data from multiple touchpoints, enable real-time insights, and build 360-degree customer experiences.
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Predictive Maintenance
Utilize modern predictive maintenance technologies to identify issues, keep production moving smoothly, and minimize the chance of unexpected disruption to equipment or systems.
Our Expertise
Discrete
Overcome complexities and drive operational excellence with integrated IT solutions.
Industrial
Redefine the industrial business model and bring products to the market quickly with agile engineering practices.
Automotive
Reinvent the wheel with sustainable and resilient digital workflows across the business ecosystem.
Consumer Electronics
Enhance precision and efficiency in electronics manufacturing with cutting-edge technology services.
Chemical
Modernize the digital core and create innovative solutions using the power of technology.
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Our Manufacturing Industry Expert
Mike Giles is the Client Portfolio Executive (CPE) for Manufacturing at Synoptek. He brings over 34 years of industry and consulting experience working with clients on large-scale systems implementations, data migration, application development, system security administration, financial analysis, software license remediation, and more.
Mike Giles
Client Portfolio Executive,
AEC, Energy, and Manufacturing
