149 I NDU S T R I A L S & MANU FAC TUR I NG Mary Lanham Chief Operating Officer, Lanham Associates “Digital transformation solutions in the form of Industry 4.0 tools from AVEVA and Microsoft have played a significant role in keeping manufacturing operations running throughout the pandemic. Automation has bridged labour gaps and led to the creation of highervalue jobs. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools have helped optimise production and reduce carbon emissions. And real-time cloud-based access to manufacturing facilities has strengthened asset productivity and enhanced collaboration across geographies. At Schneider Electric’s factory in Lexington, Kentucky, AVEVA’s integrated cloud and edge solution, delivered over Microsoft Azure, shrank unplanned downtime by nearly six per cent, while cutting manual paperwork by 90 per cent. By marrying the power of data and AI with human insight, AVEVA and Microsoft successfully address manufacturers’ needs by collapsing geographical barriers, improving digital flexibility to scale operations up or down as required, and enhancing costeffectiveness in operations. By viewing unified data from new angles, new business value is unlocked.” Sree Hameed Consumer Products Industry Strategist, AVEVA “More than any other industry, manufacturers require robust customer relationship management plans, processes, portals and technologies to track the connections between all of these stakeholders. And this needs to be integrated with a modern digital collaboration solution to spur better communication and innovation among their corporate and front-line workers. C5 works with manufacturers to plan, implement and support the full suite of Dynamics 365, Microsoft 365 and Power Platform solutions to scale and accelerate business growth.” “From demand planning to electronic data interchange (known widely as EDI), shipping, receiving, inbound container management and warehousing, Lanham’s supply chain solutions use Dynamics 365 Business Central’s user interface, navigation, business logic and data storage. This eliminates the need to interact with multiple applications, making it easy to seamlessly store, update and access supply chain data inside your familiar Business Central system. Manufacturers and distributors gain competitive advantage from the visibility that Lanham applications bring to their operations. For example, our Outbound Warehouse Request application conducts a soft allocation of in-house inventory for planning shipments. Lanham EDI also provides tight synchronisation of all inventory with third-party logistics and our Demand Planning solution provides inventory visibility across the supply chain.” Geoff Ables Managing Partner, C5 Insight
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