Welcome — Turn data into better daily decisions

Most manufacturers have data, pilots, and good intentions — but daily decisions still happen by habit, opinion, or crisis. This resource helps you connect people, processes, and trustworthy data so the right decision happens at the right time every shift.

What this journey helps you do

• Reveal where unreliable or missing data prevents action.
• Choose practical pilot projects that improve OEE, reduce downtime, or raise first-pass yield.
• Put decision-support where work happens (operators, supervisors, maintenance) and make improvements stick with governance and huddles.

How to use this resource

There are three ways to get immediate value:

1. Start with the IMS Readiness Assessment to see where to focus effort and which stage to begin.
2. Run one or two experiments from the 30–60–90 Day Quick Wins plan to build credibility and momentum.
3. Use the Daily Decisions Catalog to map each decision you want to support to the exact data, role, frequency, and guardrails required.

Who benefits most

This material is useful to operations leaders, plant managers, CI facilitators, maintenance supervisors, MES owners, and technologists. It is designed to help small job shops and mid-size plants as well as larger sites — the emphasis is on practical, shopfloor-centred changes that produce measurable results.

Immediate next steps

• Take the IMS Readiness Assessment if you want a prioritized roadmap tailored to your current gaps.
• Pick one quick-win experiment for the next two weeks and agree on a single owner and measurement.
• Ensure one daily huddle uses at least one new live metric (e.g., real-time availability or top-two downtime reasons) and a named owner for follow-up.

Every item in this journey is practical and testable — not theory. If you want help translating the assessment into a prioritized pilot list, this introduction points you to the right starter items.