Overcome The Challenges You Face

You are faced with multiple challenges in your business amongst all the changes happening in your industry. The first step in preparing for the future is understanding the challenges your business faces today.

WORKFORCE SHORTAGE
By 2025 over 2M skilled manufacturing jobs will go unfilled (Source: Deloitte)
SUPPLY CHAIN CHALLENGES
35.5% of manufacturers are facing supply chain disruptions (Source: National Association of Manufacturers [NAM])
UNDERUTILIZED EQUIPMENT
The average Overall Equipment Effectiveness [OEE] for global manufacturers is only 66.4% (Source: SageClarity)
CYBERSECURITY RISKS
Remote work has increased the average cost of the data breach by $137,000 (Source: 2020 Cost of Data Breach Report)
BUILDING RESILIENT OPERATIONS
93% of manufacturing and supply-chain professionals plan to focus on the resilience of their supply chain, and 90% plan to invest in talent for digitalization (Source: McKinsey)
MEETING MARKET DEMANDS
53% of manufacturers anticipate a change in operations due to COVID-19 (Source: National Association of Manufacturers [NAM])
PLANNING FOR THE UNKNOWN
78.3% of the manufacturers expect that the pandemic will have a financial impact on business (Source: National Association of Manufacturers [NAM])

NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE ON YOUR JOURNEY

The first step in preparing for the future is understanding the challenges your business faces today. That’s why as we talk about industrial transformation or technology investments, we work to understand your business.

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Then, we dive deeper, to understand how infrastructure, workflow and technology impact your ability to meet your goals. Based on your needs, we provide key assessments addressing operational efficiencies, current automation architecture and the critical network infrastructure that connects them. With our findings, you can confidently identify and prioritize areas where improvements can be made to prepare your business for the future. Once prioritized, our team of experts can help you implement a plan to fit your needs and be there so support you following its execution.

MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION AT THE RIGHT TIME WITH THE RIGHT DATA

We’ll work with you throughout your digital transformation journey to help you identify areas of improvement and recommend possible strategies to improve productivity, reliability, and ultimately — profitability.

For more information and getting started on your journey, reach out to your Van Meter sales representative or call 1-800-247-1410.

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