How Mobile Forms Optimize Your Manufacturing Workflow
Originally published on 09/19/2018
Rapidly address safety concerns, collaborate efficiently, and enhance productivity with mobile data collection
Producing high-quality products or materials requires a careful balance of efficiency and attention to detail. Adding to the complexity are the numerous steps and processes necessary to ensure the quality of every item created within manufacturing operations.
When paper forms are used to record and share critical manufacturing information, warehouse teams and management often struggle to maintain productivity and accuracy. Striking this balance becomes even more challenging — or even impossible — due to the slow, manual nature of paper-based workflows and their frequent inaccuracies.
These frustrations, combined with the many ways paper forms delay and hinder business efficiency, have driven manufacturing teams to adopt digital forms to streamline their processes and enhance quality assurance efforts.
So, what can mobile forms do for your team? Digitized forms empower your entire operation with tools to work faster, improve work quality, and make more informed business decisions. Here’s how:
New Data Types Elevate Quality Assurance and Transparency
New data types, like Images, Sketches, and Audio fields, allow for more thorough, regular, and detailed quality assurance and control. Using digital features, your team can easily increase transparency in warehouse floor operations. With increased transparency into manufacturing warehouse floor operations, management can regulate product quality and efficiency in real-time (rather than waiting for scanned images or hand-delivered forms). See how Deshazo, a crane manufacturing company, adopted GoFormz as their manufacturing technology to take their data capture to the next level with visual data types.
Automation Streamlines Collaboration and Communication
Instantaneous form routing via Automated Workflows, along with the automation of other routine daily tasks, revolutionizes the way forms and information are shared across your team and with external stakeholders. By eliminating the need for manual distribution, Automated Workflows ensure that forms, data, and critical updates reach the right individuals or groups at the right time, with minimal effort.
Automated Workflows not only save time but also reduce the likelihood of errors associated with manual form handling, such as misplaced inspection documents or forgotten paperwork. This ensures that colleagues and teammates are aligned, contributing to the success and productivity of manufacturing operations. Learn how NQCranes leverages Automated Workflows to elevate safety procedures across their entire organization.
Required Fields and Conditional Logic Ensure Safety
Nothing is more important than keeping your team safe. In manufacturing, this means ensuring safety protocols are followed and vital information is recorded accurately. By embedding simple logic, such as Required Fields, into your digital forms, form creators can guarantee that critical warehouse safety data is captured and reviewed before starting any project. This not only protects your team from potential hazards but also ensures compliance with industry regulations and standards.
Additionally, these features allow manufacturers to identify safety risks in real-time and implement preventative measures immediately, reducing downtime and costly incidents. Learn how DiCAN leverages Required fields to ensure data is captured and never missing.
Timely Analysis and Increased Business Agility
More regular, reliable information leads to a more informed workforce. This level of insight is critical for maintaining efficiency and ensuring quality standards are consistently met. With real-time data analysis, even the subtlest trends, inefficiencies, and opportunities can be rapidly identified and addressed. This allows manufacturers to quickly adapt to production challenges, optimize resource allocation, and minimize downtime. Learn how Avanti leverages the Reporting Tool to garner better insights and make more informed decisions with GoFormz data.
Whether you want to use GoFormz to digitize an invoice form or a collection of safety documents, GoFormz is here to enhance your existing processes and streamline your daily operations. To learn more about how GoFormz can benefit your manufacturing team, check out our collection of manufacturing customer use cases below.