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Why should industrial companies strive for paperless production?\u202fThis question is being discussed more and more frequently in manufacturing companies and leads to discussions between internal stakeholders.\u202fThey are often aware of the advantages of paperless production, but many companies find it difficult to actually implement it.\u202fAlthough a number of digital technologies are available today to replace paper-based processes, the introduction of robust solutions and products to optimise processes is still not common practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But how exactly can digital and paperless production be implemented?\u202fIn this blog article we provide examples and solutions that replace paper-based processes in production and lead to an increase in efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>Relevance of paperless production for manufacturing companies<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Every industrial company should pursue the goal of shortening information paths and at the same time making documents available to every employee with one click, regardless of time or location.\u202fHowever, a wide variety of documents (e.g. work instructions, QM documentation or defect recordings) are often\u202fdistributed throughout the company by manual\u202fpostal distribution .\u202fIn the worst case, unnecessary copies and different versions of the documents are created, which leads to errors in order entry, work preparation, production and assembly.\u202fThis means that not only does the actual process suffer, but ultimately the quality of the products also suffers.\u202fThis paper-based process not only has the disadvantage of long waiting times, but also a lack of transparency, a lack of traceability and a loss of quality.\u202fCompanies are a long way from an integrated way of working and short lead times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can this be avoided?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Paperless production cannot be implemented overnight.\u202fIndividual process steps should be gradually digitised so that in the long term, all data and documents for a process are made available in digital form.\u202fThe switch to paperless production does not mean simply continuing correspondence via email or Excel lists, but rather implementing a holistic, automated, digital solution across all areas of the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>Create flexibility and secure competitive advantages through paperless production<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The conversion from paper-based to paperless production affects not only corporations, but also small and medium-sized industrial companies.\u202fIn order to continue to be able to respond flexibly to customer requirements and remain competitive, production companies must ensure a fast and efficient process chain.\u202fIn times of increasing digitalisation, both customers and employees expect transparency and holistic access to information at all times.\u202fThe digitisation of document-based business processes is critical to ensure a centralised data pool. This allowing all documents to be made available to all operatives of course, based upon a secure access permission structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>Advantages of paperless production<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n