Let’s not sugarcoat this. The world’s manufacturing base is at war with COVID-19 and its destructive, disruptive effects on everything from supply chains to daily production levels and, ultimately, the health of everyone. Getting ahead of this curve will require a much more aggressive approach to using data.
Running an assembly plant on Microsoft Excel alone is not going to cut it. That’s like trying to treat pneumonia with aspirin. It may thwart the symptoms and provide temporary relief, but it’s far from a cure. Instead, more than ever, manufacturers need to augment their intelligence to gain deeper insights, faster, in order to respond to rapidly changing conditions.