Process Improvement for Manufacturing
Many manufacturing businesses are looking at how they become more efficient and consistent. Most have invested heavily in automated machining and ERP/MRP solutions but are finding there are still areas of wasted effort, down time and manual mistakes.
This is where Bridgeall comes in, as a multiple Microsoft Solutions Partner, we help businesses leverage the Microsoft technology stack to automate processes, improve decision making and digitise paper processes.
Manufacturing Pain Points We Solve
Key Digital Services for Manufacturing
We help take your existing process/systems and automate these as much as possible. We use a combination of technologies that allows us to provide digital solutions that replicate how your business actually works and reduce errors, manual effort and improve audit trails and compliance.
Power Platform for Manufacturing
Many manufacturers still rely on paper and clipboards for quality checks, inventory counts, and safety audits. These processes also commonly involve email chains, manual spreadsheets and data extracts.
As a Power Platform Partner, we use the Power Platform to replace these manual steps with custom, mobile-friendly applications:
Power Apps
Deploy custom tools for shop-floor data entry that work on any device.
Power Automate
Trigger instant alerts for machinery failures or low stock levels.
Power Pages
Web portals and websites for interacting with external stakeholders like customers and suppliers.
Power BI
Visualise production KPIs and OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) in real-time.
Use cases for Power Platform in Manufacturing
Extending & Connecting Manufacturing Systems
Your Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Material Requirements Planning (MRP) system is the heart of your business, but it shouldn’t be an island.
We help you extend the life and utility of these systems by connecting them to modern cloud tools. Whether it’s pulling live data from a legacy database into a dashboard or syncing order info with your logistics team, we ensure data flows seamlessly across the business.
Document Control Systems with SharePoint
In engineering and manufacturing it is critical to maintain the right version of a technical drawing, manual or process document. We build robust SharePoint Document Control Systems that keep your key documents under control with version tracking and approval processes with audit trails.
- Version Control: No more “Final_v2_NEW” file names; just one single source of truth with full audit trail available.
- Automated Approvals: Streamline the sign-off process with automated approval processes and layers of sign off before accepting changes.
- Audit Readiness: Instantly accessible history of who accessed or edited a document, track expiry and retiral dates and ensure you remain compliant.
Why Choose Bridgeall for Process Improvement for Manufacturing?
We have worked closely in the manufacturing sector for a number of years helping businesses transform. We take our knowledge of Microsoft solutions and apply them to make real usable solutions that improve your business.
Supporting Process Improvement for Manufacturing in Scotland
As a Glasgow and Scotland based Microsoft Solutions Partner, we work with manufacturers across the country and different types of manufacturers. We have worked with some of the biggest names in Scotland including; Glenmorangie, Whyte & Mackay, Edrington, Tennent’s and Loch Lomond Group.
As part of our dedication to supporting business growth and development, we are proud members of CeeD Scotland. This allows us to share best practices as well as collaborate with businesses in the manufacturing sector to help improve the bottom line.
Ready to Get Started with Process Improvement in Manufacturing?
Whether you have a process you are looking to automate or are at an early stage of your process improvement journey we are here to help. To start a discussion with one of our Microsoft certified consultants contact us today.
Manufacturing case studies
Whyte & Mackay – Customer Onboarding App
Our client Whyte & Mackay required a solution to simplify and manage their customer onboarding process. To help manage this process, Bridgeall delivered a Power Platform and Office 365 based approach to rapidly deliver a solution. This was achieved using Power Apps to create a centralised solution and automating business process steps with Power Automate.
Tennent Caledonian – Organisational Collaboration with a SharePoint Intranet
Bridgeall were engaged to design and deliver a SharePoint Online Intranet with the key aim of driving collaboration within the organisation.
The subsequent site was designed to fit with Tennent’s core corporate branding and included multiple feeds from social media and Google as well as feeds internally from Yammer.
Whyte and Mackay – Creating a Power Apps Maturation and Warehousing Solution
Market leader in the global spirits business Whyte and Mackay, wanted to fully digitise their processes. Each department used a mix of digital and paper records as well as a mix of communication methods. This meant that information could easily be lost, misplaced, processes were more difficult to learn, and analysing records was extremely time consuming. Bridgeall helped the team to create a Power Apps maturation and warehousing solution by combining their network of departments into a unified powerhouse.
Whyte and Mackay – Sustainability Power App
Whyte and Mackay approached Bridgeall to undertake a discovery phase on several key projects related to capturing data across the Whyte and Mackay business. One of these projects was the provision of a solution for sustainability reporting, looking at the recycled content and makeup of packaging in use for Whyte and Mackay products. This data, when collected, would be used to prepare statutory reporting for Whyte and Mackay for the Plastic Tax and Extended Producer Responsibility.