Spotfire, a division of TIBCO Software Inc., and Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks company, on April 14 announced they will jointly present a live analysis of the data behind Aberdeen's benchmark Manufacturing Operations Management study. Matthew Littlefield, a senior manufacturing analyst for Aberdeen, will field questions and interact with the data live to illustrate technology and operational strategies that Best-in-Class manufacturers have pursued to outperform Industry Laggards. Attendees will have the unique opportunity to investigate how their companies' particular operational approaches and technology roadmaps compare to Best-in-Class using a Spotfire online analytics tool, pre-loaded with the benchmark data.
Of the 250 manufacturers surveyed, 20 percent can be classified as Best-in-Class, these having achieved on average: 97 percent on time delivery, 89 percent overall equipment effectiveness and 97 percent raw material utilization. The data show these results to be associated with an emerging generation of manufacturing systems, with Best-in-Class twice as likely as others to deploy manufacturing analytics, and nearly three times more likely to provide real-time, role-based data visibility to decision makers. The presentation will not be slide-ware, but instead a visual, interactive dive into the data, allowing attendees to see, and analyze for themselves how their peers, by industry, geography, revenue etc. are adopting new technology to achieve Best-in-Class performance.
"Event-based, real-time, analytical systems that interoperate across maintenance, production, quality, inventory and financial systems are becoming critical for success, but they are also becoming easier to use and deploy. Given today's technology landscape, Laggards have few excuses for not improving their competitive position," states Matthew Littlefield. "As a matter of fact, our presentation will leverage analytics to explore the benchmark results – Laggards should take note."
To register for the Webcast, visit: http://goto.spotfire.com/aberdeenmom.