- Collaboration challenges in the manufacturing industry<\/a>
- Quality and safety<\/a><\/li>
- Innovation<\/a><\/li>
- Onsite operations excellence<\/a><\/li>
- Agility<\/a><\/li>
- Processing customer requests<\/a><\/li>
- Laws and regulations<\/a><\/li>
- High turnover rate<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li>
- Microsoft Teams solutions that empower collaboration in manufacturing<\/a>
- Organized communication<\/a><\/li>
- Microsoft Cloud for Manufacturing<\/a><\/li>
- Guest access<\/a><\/li>
- Shift management<\/a><\/li>
- Gestion des t\u00e2ches<\/a><\/li>
- Remote assist<\/a><\/li>
- Effective collaboration<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li>
- Microsoft Teams templates for Manufacturing<\/a>
- Onsite Operations template<\/a><\/li>
- Customer Case template<\/a><\/li>
- Project Management template<\/a><\/li>
- Template creation<\/a><\/li>
- Governance policies<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
Collaboration challenges in the manufacturing industry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nQuality and safety<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/a>, private industry employers reported 2.8 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2019 in the US. Following safety guidelines is vital for lowering the risk of injuries at the workplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nInnovation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
New technologies are revolutionizing all the industries, including manufacturing. These innovations are forcing workers to constantly learn new skills and adapt to new ways of working in to keep up with the evolution of technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nOnsite operations excellence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
These days supervising and assisting manufacturing workers often has to be done remotely. To do so efficiently, organizations require effective communication tools and advanced technologies that will make up for the lack of face-to-face interactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nAgility<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
New market trends, changing laws and new technologies require manufacturing companies to rapidly adapt to these changes, i.e. be more agile. One of the ways to do address this challenge is by creating smaller teams that would be in charge of different stages of the production process. This way, each team will be more independent and efficient and the manufacturing process will take less time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nProcessing customer requests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Excellent customer experience is becoming a core priority of any business these days. To resolve complex customer requests, however, especially when you sell to businesses, you may need to consult experts. Moreover, chances are it will have to be done remotely. Collaborating on these complex cases will require a digital solution that enables remote assistance and structured communication channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nLaws and regulations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Due to globalization<\/a>, trade wars and differences tax and compliance regulations in different parts of the world manufacturers have to always stay up to date on the changing laws in each country they operate in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nHigh turnover rate<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The manufacturing industry has one of the highest turnover rates<\/a> with 43% of the US companies reporting at least 20% annual turnover. One of the ways to attract, and keep valuable employees is by leveraging digital collaboration tools that will support remote working<\/a>, make teamwork more engaging, and offer easy access to training resources and guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nMicrosoft Teams solutions that empower collaboration in manufacturing <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nOrganized communication<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Microsoft Teams is a canvas for effective teamwork. Teams and channels allow to structure communication, redirecting the focus on the most important points and keeping everyone on the same page. @mentions in the channel conversations will make sure the right people will not miss an important message, and delivery options will inform your team members about the urgency of the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cha\u00eenes priv\u00e9es<\/a> enable secure communication among specific team members on sensitive matters without the need to create a new team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Microsoft Teams app offers a truly on-the-go communication, allowing users to work and stay in touch with their colleagues and other stakeholders anytime, anywhere. To make sure everyone in the team is available for a call, you can utilize Scheduling Assistant that will help you choose a time-slot suitable for all the required attendees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moreover, its Walkie-Talkie feature enables first-line workers use their smartphones as a walkie-talkie to promptly alert their team about a potential issue on the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nMicrosoft Cloud for Manufacturing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Recently, Microsoft introduced Microsoft Cloud for Manufacturing<\/a> that will be available for public preview by the end of June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is designed to deliver capabilities that support the core processes and requirements of the manufacturing industry. These end-to-end manufacturing solutions include released and new capabilities that seamlessly connect people, assets, workflow, and business processes, empowering organizations to be more resilient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
En savoir plus<\/a> about Microsoft Cloud for Manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nGuest access<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
If your manufacturing team needs to consult an independent expert to resolve a certain issue, collaborate with suppliers or negotiate with clients, Microsoft Teams is a perfect platform to do so. You can invite external users to your teams and even private channels to work together on the matters of mutual interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nShift management<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
To manage staff shifts on the manufacturing facility you can utilize Shifts app in Microsoft Teams. It facilitates shift scheduling and emergency covering. Your on-site workers can offer a shift, ask for a time off, suggest a swap and see upcoming shifts. Managers can leverage the app to send messages, videos and files to the entire shift or specific employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nGestion des t\u00e2ches<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Any of your teams \u2013 be that sales and operations, on-site workers, customer support, engineers and others \u2013 can take advantage of Planificateur<\/a> with Microsoft Teams to successfully manage all their tasks. This tool will help your staff better organize teamwork, promptly adjust to changes, track progress, and stick to deadlines. Additionally, Planner can be used to help employees better follow their training plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Microsoft Planner allows your users create and categorize task, assign them to individuals, add checklists and deadlines, configure priority levels and progress, and add links, files and comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Remote assist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Your customer support team or employees on site may require assistance of experts from remote locations. My leveraging Dynamics 365 Remote Assist with Microsoft Teams<\/a> they can share what they see in a instant, as well as walk through the process step-by-step with the help of a specialist, resolving issues real-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nEffective collaboration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Microsoft Teams allows seamless integration with Microsoft, third-party and line-of-business applications, enabling organizations to solve their specific business needs. This brings teamwork to the whole new level, offering users to address any collaboration use case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Try Teams integrations with Connecteur Power Automate<\/a> in order to automate routine and repetitive tasks and minimize the human factor; Formulaires<\/a> to quickly and efficiently collect employee and customer feedback; Power BI<\/a> to visualize data and make smart business decisions; SharePoint<\/a> to create guidelines, instructions and keep all your documentation structured and up-to-date. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nMicrosoft Teams templates for Manufacturing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nIn order to use Microsoft Teams effectively, further improve collaboration across the entire organization and facilitate the process of teams creation you may want to use Mod\u00e8les Microsoft Teams<\/a> technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For each new product, a customer case, or a project that your organization undertakes your staff will need to create a new team. It will allow them to stay focused and be more agile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the same time, creating a new team from scratch can be very time-consuming. And this is where Microsoft Teams collaboration templates come in. With templates you will only need to build one team per specific scenario, add all the required channels, files and tabs with apps, owners and members, and then use this original team to create fully provisioned teams in just a few clicks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You will no longer need to search for the required documentation across the organization and manually add all the channels and apps. Plus, you can establish strong gouvernance<\/a> policies that wouldn\u2019t affect end-user experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To show you how it works we will present a few examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nOnsite Operations template<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
If your company has multiple facilities in different locations, you can create Onsite Operations template and use it to create standard teams for each site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Canaux<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
You may want to add such channels as<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n- Qualit\u00e9<\/li>
- Safety<\/li>
- Compliance<\/li>
- Shifts<\/li>
- Formation<\/li>
- Corporate news<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Channels will help your team members structure and direct their conversations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nFichiers et onglets<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
It will be useful for your first-line employees to have fast and easy access to the safety guidelines. You can create them in a SharePoint site and pin as a tab in your Safety channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAdditionally, you can create Planner and build tasks for training new workers, for familiarizing with safety regulations, and other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Add Shifts app to manage employees and Yammer<\/a> for keeping everyone informed about company\u2019s news and announcements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can also upload all the necessary files and they will be automatically copied<\/a> to all the newly created teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nCustomer Case template<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
In order to handle each customer request faster and more efficiently, create a Customer Case template and use it to build new teams with pre-build channels, files and tabs and pre-configured governance policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Canaux<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Possible channels for this template may be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n- Issue<\/li>
- Solution and Implementation<\/li>
- Analysis<\/li>
- Customer communication<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Fichiers et onglets<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Upload all the documentation that can be useful for case management teams. You can then pin the most important files as tabs in respective channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, you may add guidelines for issue resolution, product description, all previous customer requests, templates for issue description, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAdditionally, you can integrate any app that your team may require as a tab. For example, you can pre-build Planner with standard tasks, Power Automate, Power BI, or your own line-of-business application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nProject Management template<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
To manage any types of projects in your company, you can use Gestion de projet<\/a> templates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Canaux<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
You can build both standard and private channels for your teams. Private channels are best for working on highly confidential and sensitive matters such as legal discussions and budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are our examples of channel names:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n- Juridique - Contrats<\/li>
- Budget<\/li>
- Planification<\/li>
- Business Case<\/li>
- Comit\u00e9 de pilotage<\/li>
- Entrepreneurs<\/li>
- R\u00e9unions d'\u00e9quipe<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Fichiers et onglets<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
You can set up Planner with standard tasks for your projects, and integrate any project management tools that your organization uses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You may also want to upload spreadsheets with your database, quality assurance guidelines, project requirements and other documentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nTemplate creation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
After you create your original teams, just go click on SalesTim app<\/strong> on your left toolbar and then select Catalog<\/strong> et +Nouveau mod\u00e8le<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThen, choose a team you wish to clone. Let\u2019s take our Project Management team as an example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAfter you set up the necessary governance policies, click \u00c9conomiser<\/strong>. Your template is ready!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nGovernance policies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
In addition to better user experience, Microsoft Teams Collaboration templates also offer a number of useful governance policies that answer the needs of the IT department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nYou can implement a Convention d'appellation<\/a> for your template, so that all the future teams created from it follow the same naming rules. For example, it may include the site location, for easier navigation among teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, you can set up Approval policies<\/a>. This way, all the requests for creating teams from this template will require approval from particular person or a group of people from your organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can also set up Audience targeting<\/a> so that only specific groups of users could see certain templates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Customer Case template<\/a><\/li>
- Microsoft Cloud for Manufacturing<\/a><\/li>
- Innovation<\/a><\/li>
- Quality and safety<\/a><\/li>