What’s the bedrock of a manufacturing business that runs smoothly and efficiently? Realtime reporting. Managers of manufacturing enterprises need to know what’s happening with their operations, the granular details that illuminate progress, process, and potential problems, and they need that information to be accurate, and timely.

As Industry 4.0 technology continues to improve processes for many manufacturing industries, managers are using realtime reporting on critical activities and events to instill efficiency and agility into their manufacturing operations. Let’s take a look at how they’re doing it.