Video Conferencing Services for Manufacturing Industry

Visual Communication for Supply Chain Management

Faced with increasingly demanding customers and intensifying global competition, manufacturers must find ways to achieve greater efficiency and speed in the product development process. However, development teams are often isolated from key contributors in the development lifecycle, including suppliers, logistics providers, production-control specialists and engineers.

Video conferencing solutions are providing businesses with a competitive advantage in the manufacturing marketplace, helping to bridge the communication gap created through the increased globalisation and outsourcing of supply chains. By bringing project teams and experts together more often and at lower costs, companies are shortening production times and reducing time-to-market.

Video conferencing builds trust, team cooperation and allows for more information to be conveyed in a shorter time frame. Problems can be understood more quickly and teams can see what the situation is without having to actually be there in person.

Applications

• Collaborate with suppliers, supply-chain vendors, outside design resources, and regulatory oversight groups
• Discuss changes in product design
• Monitor production remotely
• Manage product life cycles

Benefits

• Accelerated time to market
• Lower cost of new product development
• Better responsiveness to changing customer demands
• Greater flexibility to maximise development resources
• Reduced future support costs