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Eliminating the Paperwork Constraints on the Shop Floor

Many manufacturing business practices and information systems are still designed around paper documents. These practices and systems create and track paper documents that travel through the course of manufacturing, ending in the archive cabinets. Technology advancement and affordability enable the delivery of the paperless shop promised more than thirty years ago. However, reengineering of business practices is required to take full advantage of technology and eliminate the barriers that are created by paper. The reengineering effort should challenge traditional doctrines and encompass processes that extend beyond the boundaries of the shop floor, such as Quality Assurance and Process Planning. Besides eliminating paperwork, such process reengineering may include improvements to the user interface, streamlining of processes for continuous flows, elimination of nonvalue-added steps, and empowerment of the workforce. Companies do not overhaul their business systems often, so when they do, they should not miss the opportunity for quantum leaps in performance while eliminating the paper on the shop floor.