Manufacturing Document Process Automation

A Railcar Manufacturer Gains Speed In Supplier Management Processes With Adlib

Challenge

The company struggled with inefficiencies and manual labor due to the diverse formats of documents received from various suppliers. Inconsistent document formats, manual data capture efforts, and slow data processing hampered the timely access to critical information, delaying railcar development and increasing operational costs.

Solution

Adopting Adlib's document transformation and automation solution enabled the company to automatically convert documents into searchable PDFs, streamlining processes and reducing manual intervention. This automation increased processing speed, improved efficiency, reduced costs, and enhanced data utilization, ensuring timely and accurate information flow for the development and maintenance of railroad cars.

Adlib - a foundation block for document management strategy in chemical refining

Challenge

Legacy conversion software struggled to support the volume of engineering files, leading to increased IT intervention and support. Additionally, delays in converting CAD drawings to sharable formats hampered information exchange across the organization, causing production delays and heightened risk. The conversion of layered vector-based CAD files into flat TIFFs resulted in unsearchable formats and the loss of layer previews, causing frustrations, delays in the field, and poor information archival practices.

Solution

For the C-Suite, implementing the new system led to improved efficiencies and productivity in the field, reduced operational costs associated with administrative burdens, and future-proofed patented engineering drawings, minimizing the number and duration of legal issues. Engineers and contractors benefited from saved time on administrative tasks and faster, smoother information retrieval and exchange. For IT, the system reduced resource demands, lowered intervention and support requirements, and resulted in a smaller server footprint and infrastructure costs.

Aviation Leader Boosts Maintenance Processes with Documentum and Adlib

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How Adlib Powers Supplier Quality Management and Compliance for a Global Aerospace Leader

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Leading semiconductor manufacturer standardizes compliance with SOX and ISO standards

Challenge

The company’s current publisher tool couldn’t convert business-critical documentation into SOX and ISO conformant formats. In addition, it did not scale well across the organization as it operated on user-based licensing and incurred high costs. This was resulting in excessive manual intervention, poor document discoverability and delays across the company’s production line.

Solution

Adlib was implemented across 60 global locations in 16 countries, seamlessly integrating with the entire organization’s existing content management system (Dell EMC ECM) and document workflow. This transition significantly improved secure collaboration across the enterprise and ensured compliance with SOX and ISO standards by auto-generating conformant Documents Of Record for 700,000 production and QC documents annually. Adlib enhanced data discoverability across enterprise content, minimized production line delays caused by paperwork issues, streamlined supply-chain documentation processes, and ensured compliance more efficiently. What's more, the implementation of our platform resulted in a 60% reduction in licensing costs, marking a substantial cost-saving measure for the organization.

Managing unstructured data across railroads, platforms, and cargo in railways

Challenge

Intricate task of managing documents across numerous applications and diverse formats, both originating within and outside of the railway system. Absence of a defined and uniform framework for generating "documents of record" across platforms, cargo, and railway functions has led to a deficiency in monitoring progress and achieving operational objectives. Inability to effectively harness the extensive wealth of scattered information and insights dispersed across disparate databases, hindered the establishment of coherence and seamless accessibility to invaluable resource.

Solution

Connect the disconnected siloed operations for predictive maintenance into a continuous “readable – searchable” document repository enhances transparency, accountability, and regulatory compliance, while facilitating effective data retrieval and analysis. Manage all documents related to cargo operations into an enterprise repository, ensuring auditability and operational integrity of the process. This fosters a safer, secure and resilient railway operation. Establish a centralized repository where all stakeholders involved in platform-related activities including design, installation, or maintenance have access to uniform documents, eliminating version or format conflicts and promoting seamless teamwork.