Building Powerful Digital Manufacturing Checklists

Originally published on 04/23/2019

Streamline manufacturing procedures with digital and online forms

Digital and online forms drastically simplify manufacturing inspections, procedures, and oversight. This is achieved through robust digital capabilities that are unattainable via manual, paper-based processes. One of the most versatile tools is the GoFormz online form builder, which can create customizable digital forms, such as the digital manufacturing checklist. This form can facilitate inspections, safety walks on the factory floor, training procedures, and more.

Utilizing digital manufacturing checklists empowers your team to swiftly review checklist tasks and submit forms and data for real-time processing and review. Instant access to manufacturing data fosters enhanced business agility, greater transparency on the factory floor, and a workforce that is more proactive and well-informed. Ready to enhance your manufacturing workflow? Explore the fields and features essential for building your digital manufacturing checklists:

Checkbox Groups

Checkbox Groups empower form builders to determine if multiple checkboxes can be selected and how they are organized within both the form and reports. This control not only enhances the completion of digital manufacturing checklists but also mitigates the risk of conflicting selections and human errors.

Image Fields

In manufacturing, visuals are invaluable, and Image fields within your digital manufacturing forms amplify your team's capacity to communicate machinery malfunctions, factory floor hazards, quality control issues, and other vital information effortlessly.

Barcode and Database Fields

Barcode and Database fields enable users to quickly scan barcodes using their device’s camera and instantly populate relevant fields with data. These features not only accelerate manufacturing form completion, but also increase accuracy and simplify otherwise monotonous tasks, like inventory, product shipments, and more. 

Automatic Calculations

Enhance accuracy and efficiency by eliminating manual calculations with Automated Calculations. This feature enables swift completion of line items, such as projected costs of manufacturing materials and employee hours worked, reducing human error and streamlining data capture in manufacturing processes.

Required Fields

Setting a manufacturing form field to Required ensures that essential information must be entered before the form can be submitted. Particularly valuable for teams conducting quality control/assurance processes or warehouse safety inspections, Required fields certify form completeness, minimizing the need for retroactive data entry that may introduce human error and cause significant delays.

Automatic Tagging

Implementing Automated Tagging, a method for categorizing forms based on relevance or topic, enhances user accessibility and facilitates efficient record-keeping and organization. For digital manufacturing forms, Automated Tagging empowers teams to swiftly categorize their forms by project, product, customer, and other pertinent criteria, streamlining form management processes.

Countless Integrations

Connecting your digital manufacturing forms to your other business applications allows teams to instantly enrich the entirety of their operation with real-time manufacturing data. Online forms act as a powerful, intuitive front end to systems of record (like Salesforce, Procore, Acumatica, and more), Cloud storage apps (like Box or Dropbox), as well as a variety of other platforms. Mobile form data can instantly create or update corresponding records, upload PDFs and attachments, update metadata, and so much more. 

Curious to explore how GoFormz can serve as the manufacturing technology your team has been missing? Take advantage of our free trial and discover the swift impact GoFormz can make on enhancing your daily operations.