Manufacturing goes social – join the Kenandy Community

Manufacturing has always been collaborative. It's just that traditional ERP apps haven't made it easy—or even possible, in many cases—for your globally distributed supply chain and your enterprise to actually work together effectively. In real time. Now times are changing—for the better—as manufacturing goes social with Kenandy. Make yours a social enterprise.

Take advantage of the robust capabilities of social media across your manufacturing value chain. Schedule a demo to see how Kenandy makes manufacturing management more social, more successful.

Collaborate far better

Create greater visibility within your company and across your supply chain by sharing information in the cloud. Shared information means better collaboration with your suppliers and distribution channels. Shared access means the right information for the right people all the time—no miscommunication due to out-of-sync portals, which can introduce inefficiencies and ineffective communications that add to, rather than reduce the costs of supply chain operations. Collaborating in the cloud means sharing live data throughout your supply chain. It means clear visibility both upstream and downstream. It means collaboration the way it was meant to be.

Chatter to stay better informed, make smarter moves

Salesforce Chatter brings the power of today's social media to Kenandy Social Manufacturing. Kenandy leverages the latest capabilities in Chatter for communicating across organizations, letting you securely control who's in the conversation throughout your value chain. Communicate in real time about product quality issues, distribution delays, and ever-changing priorities. Involve channel sales, engineering, or purchasing in the conversation to streamline critical deals and deliveries. Go beyond internal inventory limitations by reaching out to distributors in the field to locate products. Seek out potential suppliers to source key components. Stay informed and up-to-date upstream and downstream to always make the smartest moves.

Contribute best practices for better results

Benefit by contributing and sharing information about best practices across different environments in the value chain. Discover how production and field equipment perform under different conditions. Share information about maintenance schedules and make needed adjustments. Leverage insights about specific suppliers and distributors for better sourcing capabilities. Improve your business practices by comparing them to those of similarly sized companies. Contribute your own depth of knowledge and draw on the resources of the Kenandy Community to learn even more, do even better.

Compare KPIs to keep measuring up

How do you measure the success of your manufacturing operations? The Kenandy Community lets you compare and measure key performance indicators (KPIs) relative to public and community benchmarks. Compare shop floor and operating metrics. Make adjustments to improve workflows as needed to make sure you stay lean and agile. Are you delivering results your customers can consistently count on? Anonymously share your metrics with the Kenandy Community and gain critical insight into how you compare across the industry. Or subscribe to one of our data and metrics partners who analyze and survey the marketplace (coming soon).