Manufacturing
Make more of your manufacturing data
Accelerate your industry 4.0 journey. 5Y centralises production, supply chain and financial data in a comprehensive analytics platform so you can improve operational efficiency, drive continuous improvement and reduce costs.
Solve your biggest Manufacturing challenges with 5Y
We help manufacturing organisations build smart, connected factories. The 5Y Unified Data Platform consolidates data from dozens of financial, operational and production tools, giving every department access to real-time insights and automated reports that improve profitability, increase quality and reduce bottlenecks.
Eliminate data silos
Consolidate manufacturing data from dozens of processes into a single, unified platform.
Unlock predictive insights
Get your data AI-ready to start predicting outcomes and forecasting demand.
Generate real-time insights
Get instant visibility into your production process to improve operational efficiency.
Democratise analysis and reporting
Give your team the power to design, build and manage data-driven projects.
We integrate with hundreds of manufacturing data connectors
How much can your team save with 5Y?
Use our calculator to see how much time and money 5Y’s self-service reporting capabilities can save your business.
- Current Cost of Reports*
- £72,500
- 5Y Data Platform
- £25,000
* Our day rate is based on an average data engineering salary of £60k per annum
** Based on an average number of days to create a report from scratch being 5 days
Business strategy
Connect the dots to drive continuous improvement
The 5Y Unified Data Platform centralises disparate data from ERPs, finance software and production tools. It gives you complete visibility across your factory and helps you make strategic decisions with up-to-date data.
Use the platform’s real-time insights to align departments, spearhead integrated business planning initiatives and achieve organisational goals like operational excellence, cost efficiency and market leadership.
With 5Y, you can:
- Unlock hidden insights from existing data
- Align every department to a single source of truth
- Automated business intelligence reporting
- Support strategic decision-making with real-time insights
- Get your business AI-ready
Finance
Drive profitability with real-time financial insights
The 5Y Unified Data Platform consolidates data from ERP, finance and supply chain systems into one platform. It automates reporting and delivers real-time insights so you can optimise cash flow and improve ROI.
Use the platform to empower your team to reduce operational overheads, optimise resource management and control costs across the supply chain. When every decision you make impacts your bottom line, it pays to have complete visibility across your financial operations.
With 5Y, you can:
- Seamlessly integrate every financial tool and platform
- Track cash flow, accounts payable and supply chain costs in real-time
- Run inventory and sales analysis
- Reduce accounting costs by automating financial reporting
- Use AI-driven models to forecast revenue and costs
Production
Improve production efficiency and achieve operational excellence
The 5Y Unified Data Platform consolidates data from machinery, equipment and tools into a single platform. It delivers real-time analytics that optimise inefficient workflows and automates messy manual processes.
Use the platform to facilitate real-time production monitoring that improves output quality, reduces costs and minimises downtime. Unlock insights that drive production innovation and accelerate the time to market for new products in an increasingly competitive global market.
With 5Y, you can:
- Create a resilient, high-performing manufacturing ecosystem
- Optimise production planning and scheduling
- Find and eliminate bottlenecks and other production line inefficiencies
- Analyse overall equipment efficiency to improve throughput
- Improve operational flow and resource utilisation
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Make the business case for unified analytics
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AI
Make AI part of your everyday processes
The 5Y Unified Data Platform accelerates your AI journey by rapidly extracting and transforming data from every core system. It lets your team make faster, smarter decisions today.
Use the platform to deliver AI capabilities to every department. Finance teams can forecast demand with greater accuracy, production managers can predict maintenance needs and warehouse teams can anticipate supply chain fluctuations.
With 5Y, you can:
- Accelerate the extraction and transformation of core systems data
- Reduce downtime and increase efficiency with predictive maintenance
- Deliver more accurate budgets with enhanced financial forecasting
- Anticipate and overcome global supply chain disruptions
- Use AI technology to streamline HR, R&D, quality, and sales processes
Fulfil 80% of your factory’s BI analytics needs from day one. Guaranteed
We’re so confident in our platform’s ability to unlock the power of your manufacturing data that we make the following guarantees:
Supply chain
Increase visibility and control with a truly smart supply chain
The 5Y Unified Data Platform centralises data from ERPs, SCMs and other internal and third-party systems. It increases supply chain visibility and delivers end-to-end inventory management.
Use the platform to build a truly smart supply chain — one that helps you sharpen decision making, optimise stock count and improve efficiency. Give inventory and warehouse teams the data they need to track inventory levels, predict trends and monitor the movement of goods in real time.
With 5Y, you can:
- Track inventory levels, trends, and movement in real time
- Fulfil orders faster and more cost effectively
- Identify bottlenecks, streamline workflows, and maximise space utilisation
- Eliminate manual processes and minimise errors through automated data integration and reporting
- Gain complete visibility and control of product flow across your organisation
Reporting
Deliver self-service analytics to every department
The 5Y Unified Data Platform automatically connects your ERP, finance software and other systems. It centralises data and lets anyone in your organisation build and manage data-driven projects.
Use our platform to align your data strategy with organisational goals while ensuring scalability and security. Empower teams to accelerate insights, create automated workflows and meet most of their reporting requirements from day one. 5Y makes it easy to quickly turn data into insights and achieve tangible business outcomes.
With 5Y, you can:
- Create a single, auditable version of the truth
- Implement a unified data platform with no proprietary technology
- Leverage Microsoft-native architecture
- Build a consistent, secure and scalable data management solution
- Rely on exceptional tech and domain support
One platform for your entire team
Manufacturing leaders use 5Y to gain 360-degree visibility across operations, support strategic decision making and achieve organisational goals.
Finance teams rely on 5Y to uncover real-time insights and KPIs that help them reduce operational overhead and control costs across the supply chain.
Production managers trust 5Y to centralise production data and deliver real-time insights they need to improve production quality and decrease downtime.
Data and IT teams leverage 5Y to connect disparate legacy platforms and build a data strategy that delivers self-service capabilities and drives growth.
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*The “80% analytics-ready” figure applies specifically to engineering tasks such as data ingestion, integration, and preparation. The 50% faster implementation and 50% reduction in engineering costs are based on our observed averages across typical client projects. Actual results may vary depending on project scope, data quality, and unique business requirements.