Quickbase, the software application platform for work management in complex industries, announced the Quickbase Work Management platform for Manufacturing. Combining pre-built, customizable solutions called Pro Apps, templates, and AI-powered app building capabilities, Quickbase’s Work Management for Manufacturing addresses many of the most common data-driven use cases – including facility management, employee training, permit to work, site safety and compliance, machine maintenance and reporting, and more – all within a platform environment connecting teams, processes, and machines for a comprehensive view of operations.

Modern manufacturing prioritizes maximizing efficiency, quality, resources, and production capacity to stay competitive. Continuing pressure in the form of ongoing supply chain volatility, labor shortage, and rising costs places a premium on connected data and workflows to promote operational efficiency and visibility. Yet many manufacturers find themselves still living in a world dominated by spreadsheets, disparate systems, and paper forms, unable to gain that visibility. This makes it hard to keep pace with the critical decision-making needed to achieve the sought-after levels of efficiency, productivity, and employee safety at the heart of staying competitive.

“Industries like manufacturing, where physical work meets digital processes, demand a new class of specialized solutions built for their needs,” said Ed Jennings, CEO of Quickbase. “The stakes for safety, compliance, and productivity are too high, and these industries can’t afford to live in a world of paper forms and disconnected spreadsheets, data, and systems. Our Work Management platform is designed specifically for the unique needs of manufacturers, solving their most common challenges right out of the gate with pre-built apps and templates developed in concert with feedback from our customers. Combining the specialization of point solutions, the confidence of a connected platform, and the flexibility of easy-to-use AI-powered no-code tools, Quickbase can support the modernization of manufacturing to deliver impact every day.”

Quickbase Work Management for Manufacturing comes complete with pre-built, ready-made solutions, called Pro Apps, and app templates for some of the more common, data-driven use cases in manufacturing – including facility management, employee and site safety and compliance, and maintenance and reporting – that are easily customizable to connect teams, processes, and machines for a comprehensive view of operations. Along with those Pro Apps are a collection of templates that include prefab tracking, computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS), plant/project tracking and reporting, human error root cause analysis (HERCA), and permit to work tracking.

In addition, Quickbase’s Smart Builder AI gives manufacturers (regardless of technical expertise) the power to build their own custom apps with just a few clicks. Now, manufacturers can build a customized system of applications and workflows in a single platform environment, unlocking agile and connected operations and elevating efficiency, increasing adaptability, and boosting productivity today and into the future.

Available today, Quickbase Work Management for Manufacturing’s pre-built solutions include:

• SFMS (Shop Floor Management Solution) Pro App – Ensure the right person is in the right job at the right time, enhancing the capabilities of the existing workforce to help manage the labor shortage and skills gap, solve for absenteeism, share tribal knowledge, and increase efficiency and throughput, enabling greater visibility on labor, productivity, and scrap tracking.
• Site Safety Audits Pro App – Promote a safer work environment, reduce accidents, and ensure the highest safety standards using a streamlined process for conducting safety audits on the shop floor for inspections, hazard identification/remediation, and regulatory compliance using real-time reporting, photo documentation, and automatic generation of audit reports.
• OSHA Incident Tracking and Recordkeeping Pro App – Elevate your safety posture from reactive to proactive by automating incident reporting and tracking compliance activities, eliminating the lost time and resources (aka, Gray Work) from the inefficient logging and manual tracking of incidents, defect reporting, corrective actions, and compliance documentation across notebooks and disconnected spreadsheets, and promoting a more efficient and safer workplace.

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