Key Considerations for Analytics Platforms in Regulated Manufacturing

In today's fast-paced world, manufacturers are investing in state-of-the-art facilities, equipment and IT infrastructure with a focus on monitoring and optimizing processes. At the same time, they know they cannot be too careful when it comes to product quality, safety and regulatory compliance. Fortunately, the right advanced analytics platform can help across all of these areas. This white paper details the key features your regulated manufacturing organization should consider when choosing an analytics platform.

Global competition demands that organizations today be more flexible, adaptable and transparent in their practices. Typically, for high-tech manufacturing, it's all about optimizing processes, improving quality and monitoring suppliers. That is, what can I do to improve yields, reduce scrap, rework and recalls, and make my supply chains more efficient? Thus, for many manufacturing businesses, initial requirements for analytics software tend to focus on quality control, root cause analysis, statistical process control (SPC) and process optimization capabilities.