What’s truly holding your discrete manufacturing shop back from reaching its full potential? It’s often not the commonly cited culprits like labor shortages, razor-thin margins, or fierce competition. It’s more often paper: the unseen, insidious enemy.

Imagine your shop floor: stacks of traveler packets, critical work orders printed and distributed, production schedules taped to machines, and invaluable knowledge scrawled on sticky notes. This isn’t just an outdated system; it’s a haphazardly crafted environment designed for chaos, delays, and critical errors. Whether you realize it or not, your shop is paying a steep price for this paper-based inefficiency.

The economic impact is staggering. According to AMR Research, manufacturers can lose up to 20% of their productive capacity due to inefficient processes—a significant portion of which are outdated, paper-based workflows. This isn’t just about the cost of toner and paper; it’s about lost time, wasted materials, missed deadlines, and a compromised bottom line.

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