{"id":9383,"date":"2019-08-21T06:29:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T06:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/"},"modified":"2021-03-04T14:50:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T14:50:34","slug":"5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways Automation can save Africa\u2019s Manufacturing Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

With an abundance of raw materials and resources, Africa needs to rapidly find new ways to generate greater value from its manufacturing<\/strong> industry which has been identified as a fundamental driver of economic growth.<\/p>\n

Looking to disruptive technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), bots, the Internet of Things (IoT),<\/strong><\/a> and machine learning, are revolutionizing industrial processes, and could save Africa\u2019s manufacturing industry, where the adoption of technology thus far has been relatively slow.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

In Kenya<\/strong> for example, the majority of manufacturers are still holding onto outdated production systems,<\/strong> according to a recent report launched by SYSPRO in conjunction with Strathmore University.<\/p>\n

So why has Africa shied away?<\/strong> It\u2019s simple, fear of job loss, inadequate infrastructure, an inefficient labour force and more so, lack of accessibility and affordability. All of which are a popular misconception.<\/p>\n

The global landscape is changing at a rapid pace, for Africa\u2019s manufacturing sector to keep up and gain a competitive edge, the industry needs to find ways to activate automation.<\/p>\n

1 – Increased efficiency <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Automation plays a crucial role in the digital transformation journey<\/strong><\/a> for manufacturers, enhancing their business environment for the better while improving supply chain management.<\/p>\n

By plugging AI into ERP systems can reduce inaccuracies often felt throughout the supply chain, translating into better outputs for the whole business process. For example, enhancing the intelligence of what minimum order levels should be and at what stage orders need to be made.<\/p>\n

Automating Africa\u2019s manufacturing industry will not only remove repetitive functions, but see these jobs done more effectively and efficiently. With machines taking over the monotonous tasks, including basic accounting functions, manufacturers will see increased accuracy resulting in increased revenue.<\/p>\n

2 – Increased productivity <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Most of Africa\u2019s manufacturers operate under capacity, and with valuable production time being lost comes lost revenue.<\/p>\n

Manufacturing processes that are manually operated limit production, with faulty equipment causing downtime and a workforce who can only operate so many hours in a day are factors hindering the industry\u2019s growth.<\/p>\n

In fact, in Kenya, engines typically run for 86 days a year, with 50% only running three to five hours a week.\u00a0 If manufacturers increased this to 24 hours, they could achieve 12 months production in just three months.<\/p>\n

By leveraging ERP systems automation capabilities, automated operations are known to perform tasks more efficiently than manual operations, not to mention, increase the rate of production.<\/p>\n

3 – Reduced costs<\/strong><\/h2>\n

With ERP systems and digital and automation capabilities, costs are reduced, so manufacturers, in the long run, will see a far greater return on investment (ROI).<\/p>\n

Automation replaces the need for manual operations, so further cost savings will be felt by manufacturers with reduced overheads and labour costs.<\/p>\n

4 – Job creation<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Technology will see many jobs become redundant. But the reality is, technology is just changing the job landscape.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s true, the fourth industrial revolution will see the loss of 75 million jobs by 2025 but at the same time, technology will stimulate a further 130 million across the globe.<\/p>\n

As the manufacturing industry evolves, new disciplines will require new skills. The industry needs to position itself for the future by upskilling or reskilling workers for tomorrow\u2019s jobs. How?\u00a0 By taking advantage of resources that are readily available.<\/p>\n

For example, SYSPRO Learnership Channel<\/a> (SLC) provides training material to upskill individuals in ERP that can be accessed either on a desktop or mobile device.<\/p>\n

5 – Embrace automation <\/strong><\/h2>\n

In Africa, there is a need to educate the industry on new technologies, what they are, and how they can be effectively deployed within their business operations. Automation presents opportunities for forward-thinking manufacturers to capitalize on while diversifying products and increasing productivity.<\/p>\n

Enabling automation with industry-built solutions such as SYSPRO ERP simplifies business complexities by providing an end-to-end solution for optimized cost control and enhanced business performance, positively positioning the industry for the next generation of manufacturing.<\/p>\n

Would you like to know how to Digitize and Transform your Manufacturing Company?<\/h3>\n

Transform Today – Click here<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>With an abundance of raw materials and resources, Africa needs to rapidly find new ways to generate greater value from its manufacturing industry which has been identified as a fundamental driver of economic growth. Looking to disruptive technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), bots, the Internet of Things (IoT), and machine learning, are revolutionizing industrial … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":7611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[45,281,276],"class_list":["post-9383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-erp-for-manufacturing","tag-business-software","tag-erp-and-digitization","tag-erp-and-technology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n5 Ways Automation can Save Africa\u2019s Manufacturing Industry | SYSPRO ERP<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Automation and digitalization can be the only way you can grow and maintain your Manufacturing Business today. Would you like to know how?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 Ways Automation can Save Africa\u2019s Manufacturing Industry | SYSPRO ERP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Automation and digitalization can be the only way you can grow and maintain your Manufacturing Business today. Would you like to know how?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SYSPRO Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-08-21T06:29:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-03-04T14:50:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/5_ways_how_automation_can_help_boost_Africa_Manufacturing.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"410\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Deirdr\u00e9 Fryer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Deirdr\u00e9 Fryer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Deirdr\u00e9 Fryer\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/db2356faf14bebbc48d4203a25f789e0\"},\"headline\":\"5 Ways Automation can save Africa\u2019s Manufacturing Industry\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-21T06:29:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-04T14:50:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/\"},\"wordCount\":665,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/5_ways_how_automation_can_help_boost_Africa_Manufacturing.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Business software\",\"ERP and Digitization\",\"ERP and Technology\"],\"articleSection\":[\"ERP for Manufacturing\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/\",\"name\":\"5 Ways Automation can Save Africa\u2019s Manufacturing Industry | SYSPRO ERP\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/5_ways_how_automation_can_help_boost_Africa_Manufacturing.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-21T06:29:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-04T14:50:34+00:00\",\"description\":\"Automation and digitalization can be the only way you can grow and maintain your Manufacturing Business today. Would you like to know how?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/5_ways_how_automation_can_help_boost_Africa_Manufacturing.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/5_ways_how_automation_can_help_boost_Africa_Manufacturing.jpg\",\"width\":900,\"height\":410,\"caption\":\"5_ways_how_automation_can_help_boost_Africa_Manufacturing\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"5 Ways Automation can save Africa\u2019s Manufacturing Industry\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SYSPRO Blog\",\"description\":\"Insights on Business Management Software and ERP\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SYSPRO\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cropped-syspro-blog-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cropped-syspro-blog-logo.png\",\"width\":260,\"height\":94,\"caption\":\"SYSPRO\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/db2356faf14bebbc48d4203a25f789e0\",\"name\":\"Deirdr\u00e9 Fryer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Deirdre_Fryer_blog_img-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Deirdre_Fryer_blog_img-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Deirdr\u00e9 Fryer\"},\"description\":\"Deirdr\u00e9 Fryer is the Head of Solutions for SYSPRO Africa. Her specialization lies in understanding customer requirements and driving product improvement within the African continent. Throughout her career she has worked in software licensing, support, ERP projects as well as managing the SYSPRO Academy. With a passion for solving challenges, she is always looking for the opportunity to bring technology, people and business together with the aim of creating value and smiles, lots and lots of smiles.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/deirdre-fryer-ba808523\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/author\/deirdre\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"5 Ways Automation can Save Africa\u2019s Manufacturing Industry | SYSPRO ERP","description":"Automation and digitalization can be the only way you can grow and maintain your Manufacturing Business today. Would you like to know how?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"5 Ways Automation can Save Africa\u2019s Manufacturing Industry | SYSPRO ERP","og_description":"Automation and digitalization can be the only way you can grow and maintain your Manufacturing Business today. Would you like to know how?","og_url":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/","og_site_name":"SYSPRO Blog","article_published_time":"2019-08-21T06:29:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-03-04T14:50:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":410,"url":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/5_ways_how_automation_can_help_boost_Africa_Manufacturing.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Deirdr\u00e9 Fryer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Deirdr\u00e9 Fryer","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/"},"author":{"name":"Deirdr\u00e9 Fryer","@id":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/db2356faf14bebbc48d4203a25f789e0"},"headline":"5 Ways Automation can save Africa\u2019s Manufacturing Industry","datePublished":"2019-08-21T06:29:57+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-04T14:50:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/"},"wordCount":665,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/5_ways_how_automation_can_help_boost_Africa_Manufacturing.jpg","keywords":["Business software","ERP and Digitization","ERP and Technology"],"articleSection":["ERP for Manufacturing"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/","url":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/","name":"5 Ways Automation can Save Africa\u2019s Manufacturing Industry | SYSPRO ERP","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/5_ways_how_automation_can_help_boost_Africa_Manufacturing.jpg","datePublished":"2019-08-21T06:29:57+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-04T14:50:34+00:00","description":"Automation and digitalization can be the only way you can grow and maintain your Manufacturing Business today. Would you like to know how?","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/5_ways_how_automation_can_help_boost_Africa_Manufacturing.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/5_ways_how_automation_can_help_boost_Africa_Manufacturing.jpg","width":900,"height":410,"caption":"5_ways_how_automation_can_help_boost_Africa_Manufacturing"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-for-manufacturing\/5-ways-automation-can-save-africas-manufacturing-industry\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"5 Ways Automation can save Africa\u2019s Manufacturing Industry"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/","name":"SYSPRO Blog","description":"Insights on Business Management Software and ERP","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"SYSPRO","url":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cropped-syspro-blog-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cropped-syspro-blog-logo.png","width":260,"height":94,"caption":"SYSPRO"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/db2356faf14bebbc48d4203a25f789e0","name":"Deirdr\u00e9 Fryer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Deirdre_Fryer_blog_img-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Deirdre_Fryer_blog_img-150x150.jpg","caption":"Deirdr\u00e9 Fryer"},"description":"Deirdr\u00e9 Fryer is the Head of Solutions for SYSPRO Africa. Her specialization lies in understanding customer requirements and driving product improvement within the African continent. Throughout her career she has worked in software licensing, support, ERP projects as well as managing the SYSPRO Academy. With a passion for solving challenges, she is always looking for the opportunity to bring technology, people and business together with the aim of creating value and smiles, lots and lots of smiles.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/deirdre-fryer-ba808523\/"],"url":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/author\/deirdre\/"}]}},"metadata":{"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":["Automation and digitization can save Africa Manufacturing"],"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw_text_input":[""],"_yoast_wpseo_title":["5 Ways Automation can Save Africa\u2019s Manufacturing Industry | SYSPRO ERP"],"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":["Automation and digitalization can be the only way you can grow and maintain your Manufacturing Business today. Would you like to know how?"],"_yoast_wpseo_content_score":["30"],"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":["13"],"_yoast_wpseo_linkdex":["69"],"_yoast_wpseo_metakeywords":[""],"_yoast_wpseo_is_cornerstone":[""],"_wp_page_template":["default"],"_thumbnail_id":["7611"],"_elementor_page_assets":["a:0:{}"]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.syspro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}