Most Owners, Presidents, Plant Heads and Shop Floor Managers in India agree that Manufacturing needs TRANSFORMATION.
HOW it is to be done is the ‘million dollar question’ and the answer in my view is in THREE ‘MANTRAS’. The 1st Mantra, ‘Closed Loop Manufacturing‘ was explained last week. The 2nd Mantra is ‘Digital Nudge‘
‘NUDGE’ is defined as a gentle push to get someone’s attention or to prod the person into action.
It is recognized by Psychologists & Behavioral Economists like Nobel Prize winner Richard Thaler that it is very difficult to change things abruptly because PEOPLE resent abrupt or drastic changes. The best way to change behavior is with frequent & appropriate ‘Nudges’ like the examples shown above (‘Use stairs, burn calories‘) and below ( ‘Small plates reduce food waste‘)
When it comes to manufacturing, is there a method or technology available to nudge managers, supervisors & operators into taking the steps necessary for transformation?
The answer is YES, and the technology is called UMM, i.e. Universal Machine Monitoring.
UNIVERSAL MACHINE MONITORING —> ‘DIGITAL NUDGING’
WHAT IS UNIVERSAL MACHINE MONITORING (UMM)
It is a cloud based ‘Plug & Play’ technology to monitor, 24×7, the Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) and its three components: Availability (A), Performance (P) & Quality (Q)
UMM allows seamless transfer of operational data of machines to cloud based software that sends real time alerts & reports to authorized persons at any location. This allows ‘Visibility into machine shops‘ for senior managers, while removing a layer of supervisors who manually collected & processed data earlier. This ‘pure’ & ‘real time’ data results in continuous improvements in PRODUCTIVITY.
HOW DOES UMM ‘NUDGE’ PEOPLE TO PERFORM BETTER?
#1: VISIBILITY with clarity ‘Nudges’ people into action.
#2: ACCOUNTABILITY ‘Nudges’ people to perform better, whether machine operators, shop floor managers or production heads.
#3: Clearly presented PROGRESS ‘Nudges’ people to continue improvement efforts & in most cases redouble initiatives to achieve their goals.
CONCLUSION: The beauty of a good UMM is that the ‘Nudging’ is done Digitally by the system, with bare minimum human intervention.
This removes human elements of emotion & subjectiveness from the equation, and accelerates the process of TRANSFORMATION of Manufacturing.
JAI HIND
