Connecting Our Data to Make Smarter Decisions with Foundry
Every day across our company, we generate information about our machines, schedules, projects, processes and performance. This data is only valuable when we can understand it and put it to work.
That is where Foundry comes in. Foundry is our data platform, connecting information from across the organization into a system employees can use to make faster, more informed decisions.
It is not limited to one department or level of the organization. From leadership to employees working closest to our processes, people across our company use the platform in different ways to access the information they need.
One Connected System
Over the years, we have accumulated significant amounts of data. Foundry allows us to bring that information together, including legacy data collected throughout our history, and turn it into something teams can actively use.
Foundry serves as a central hub where employees can access applications organized around the work of different departments.
Because those applications and their data are connected, information does not have to remain isolated within individual systems or teams.
One example of this is scheduling. Foundry gives teams a visual picture of what is happening now, what is coming next and how different pieces of the schedule connect, helping employees make more informed scheduling decisions.
Building the System Around the Business
One of Foundry’s biggest advantages is its ability to evolve alongside us. Instead of changing our processes to fit the limitations of an out-of-the-box system, we can develop and adapt applications around the way our teams actually work.
When employees identify a better way to do something or a new need emerges, the system can evolve with it.
That flexibility also changes how quickly information can become useful. A request such as reviewing a machine’s runtime over the previous 90 days might once have required exporting data, importing it elsewhere and performing additional calculations. Today, that information can be available through live, up-to-date data.
The result is easier reporting, faster development and better access to the information employees need to do their jobs.
Creating the Foundation for What Comes Next
Foundry is also creating opportunities to use AI within our operations. AI can support development within the platform and help analyze information, assisting with organizing and transforming data moving through our pipelines.
The technology matters, but its value comes from what it enables our people to do.
By connecting information that once lived in separate places, making data easier to understand and creating systems that can continue evolving with our business, Foundry gives our teams another tool to improve how we work.
It is one more example of how we are combining our people, processes and technology to strengthen Operational Excellence across our organization.