3 Ways Manufacturing Teams Are Leveraging GoFormz to Work More Efficiently
Run a lean manufacturing organization with GoFormz digital forms and data capture
Manufacturing requires an immense amount of information to flow between the field and office. To run a lean manufacturing organization, companies need to focus on how to maximize customer value while using fewer resources. Paper forms can cause project delays, errors in data, and an inability to effectively communicate between departments. By utilizing GoFormz digital forms, manufacturers can improve inefficiencies, cut down on waste, and focus on the consumer. Check out three ways that manufacturing teams are using GoFormz to streamline their operations to reduce manhours and resources to save money.
Material Inspections
Material Inspection forms are a crucial way that teams gather manufacturing data in order to ensure that the number of incoming materials is correct and meets quality standards. Teams utilizing digital Material Inspection forms can significantly cut down on the time required to fill out these often lengthy forms. GoFormz customer, NQCranes, utilizes GoFormz’s powerful, dynamic features for their Crane Inspection Forms. Prior to signing up with GoFormz, NQCranes personnel had to fill out over 100 fields and manually hand-deliver this form to administrators, who then, rekeyed collected information. Leveraging Dynamic Field Properties, management was able to implement several hidden fields to instantly mark numerous inspection points as completed and cut down on the amount of time needed to complete the inspection.
Safety Inspections
In addition to Material Inspections, manufacturing organizations can utilize mobile forms for their Safety Inspections to minimize onsite hazards and rapidly escalate issues to Supervisors. With Required fields, like Signatures, teams can be sure that all necessary paperwork is authorized and in compliance with their company procedures. Mobile forms effortlessly expedite Safety inspections and cut down on missing data from forgotten or overlooked fields. As NQCranes explains, “It’ll take them two minutes to fill out a form, when previously it would have taken them ten.” Manufacturers can rely on their staff in the field to fill out forms in a timely manner and avoid unsafe conditions and processing time for incidents.
Inventory Management forms
Determining what inventory is needed for each project at a specific job site can be a tedious task for manufacturers. Filling out paper inventory forms daily can take a significant amount of time for employees to complete. Once filled out, teams then need to relay this information to the back office and other departments. In order to run a lead process, manufacturers need to focus on how to cut down on resources needed for projects. Having a correct inventory of supplies is critical to do so. This timely process can be significantly cut down by utilizing GoFormz mobile forms. GoFormz customer, Romo Durable Graphics, needed a faster way to collect their inventory data from customers. They saw an opportunity with GoFormz to completely digitize their inventory management and improve efficiency. Romo states, “Because of how quickly we can now get data to the individuals that need it, we have more time in the production facility. And more flexibility.” These improvements to inventory management processes lead organizations to work more efficiently and continue to scale their operations.
There are a variety of ways that manufacturers are utilizing mobile forms to avoid detrimental delays and incorrect data capture. To learn more about how Manufacturing companies are taking their paper forms digital, check out our blog post on the Top 10 Mobile Forms for Manufacturing.
