Must haves for Hybrid Work in manufacturing
Hybrid Work is here to stay
Cisco empowers your manufacturing workers whether at home, in the factory, or anywhere. Because work is not where you go, it’s what you do. Provide hybrid work experiences so you can maintain communications and collaboration with your dispersed and remote workers during times of unforeseen business disruptions.
Empowering Manufacturers with Hybrid Work
Hear from our Cisco manufacturing technology experts about the current state of the industry and what can be achieved in the future.
42%
of manufacturers are redesigning their work models to support a hybrid workforce.
Source: IDC Covid-19 IT Spending Impact Survey Wave 12, September 2020
29%
of manufacturers are redesigning their security systems to better support remote access.
Source: IDC Covid-19 IT Spending Impact Survey Wave 12, September 2020
54%
of manufacturers say remote work has improved their workers’ health and safety
Source: IDC COVID-19 IT Spending Impact Survey Wave 10, August 2020
Put security first
Hybrid Work comes with its own security risks
Hybrid teams and remote experts rely on personal computers, routers, and mobile devices that can be difficult to manage and secure. Look for security solutions that:
- Provide flexible cloud-delivered security
- Protect data by verifying the identity of users, devices, and applications
- Detect and block cyberattacks from email
Optimize your hybrid operations
How do you ensure your hybrid teams can communicate effectively, stay connected to suppliers, monitor operations, and support remote experts all from home?
Make it easy for your workers to meet, collaborate, and share with a virtual workspace that captures all the information needed to continue operations. Look for a solution that:
- Offers secure exchange of messages and files, across devices
- Makes it easy to search for conversations and documents
- Allows you to privately message one person or create a group chat in seconds
Simplify, simplify, simplify
Over half of manufacturers cite team collaboration solutions, device management, and security as areas of investment needed to enable a hybrid workforce.
If you don’t have a large IT team, you may be worried that getting your hybrid teams connected might be complicated. But it doesn’t have to be. To reduce IT complexity, look for solutions that:
- Integrate meetings, calling, and security
- Are cloud-based and easy for employees to deploy without onsite IT
- Are simple to manage
Talk to hybrid manufactering specialist
Our manufactering experts are here to help you build the hybrid work solution that meets the needs of your employees, workspaces and technology stack.