Digital Manufacturing Maturity Assessment

How high of a priority does your company place on increasing digitalization and advancing the use of technology in manufacturing operations?

Not a priority

Low priority

One of many priorities

High priority

Highest priority

Which of the following challenges is the biggest limit on your organization's ability to increase digitalization maturity?

Cost of a new system

Time necessary to transition to a new system

Possible disruption due to implementing new systems

Lack of understanding the requirements or benefits of a new system

Satisfaction with current systems

Select the answer that best describes the current state of manufacturing or production at your company.

We use manual processes and paper-based documentation.

We use point solutions (e.g., Word or Excel) or scan our paper batch records to create digital documents

We've invested in manufacturing software to digitize core processes and have implemented it on some lines.

We've implemented manufacturing software on all lines, across all sites, and use an API driven network to integrate with enterprise-level systems.

We have taken a data-centric approach to connect product and process data, applying AI applications to power planning, resourcing, quality, and productivity without human intervention.

Select the answer that best describes the current state of the data connectivity of manufacturing solutions at your company.

Solutions are manual and disconnected; data agregation is done by hand

There is a mix of manual and digital solutions; some data is accessible, but most is still on paper

Widespread use of digital solutions; all data is available, however solutions remain siloed/disconnected

Digital solutions are integrated across manufacturing, the value chain, and the organization as a whole; manufacturing data is available and drives our decision-making

Real-time operational intelligence feeds continuous process optimization, predictive product quality, and autonomous production, making humans ancillary to the manufacturing process.

Select the phrase that best describes your company's manufacturing goals over the next 12-18 months.

Optimize paper processes to minimize errors.

Select a vendor to help us elimiate paper from our manufacturing processes.

Continue expanding the use of our manufacturing software to more lines and sites; investigate how to integrate enterprise-level systems with our manufacturing software.

Refine multi-site standardization so we can model end-to-end production and process data; continue to connect our manufacturing software to enterprise-level systems.

Leverage intelligence to enable equipment to self-optimize without human intervention and investigate the logistics of real-time release.

Manual, Paper-Based Process

Semi-Manual, Hybrid (e.g. Excel + Paper)