AberdeenGroup, a provider of fact-based research for the technology-driven value chain, revealed May 31 that 85 percent of best-in-class manufacturers (vs. 52 percent of their poorer-performing counterparts) are executing on global strategies to unify processes and drive performance programs across the enterprise by:
* Standardizing KPIs across plants/factories (78 percent)
* Publishing technology infrastructure guidelines (74 percent)
* Normalizing reporting across plants/factories (70 percent)
"It is interesting to note that leading companies are taking a broader view of MES (manufacturing execution systems) investments. Traditionally seen as a single project, best-in-class manufacturers are enrolling corporate IT to help establish a broader set of requirements for plants and factories," said Jane Biddle, Aberdeen's vice president of global manufacturing research of Aberdeen. "Global manufacturing-IT teams are taking a broader and longer term view of manufacturing requirements in the plants and across the network. This combined focus on process improvement and standardization at all levels of the company will lead to ongoing performance improvements."
* Standardizing plant and factory applications and control systems
* Building flexibility into manufacturing and supply chain processes
* Integrating systems into common factory floor information framework
This report answers such questions as:
* What strategies and techniques are best in class companies putting in
place to harness the power of their manufacturing resources on a global
basis?
* What strategies and techniques are best in class companies using to
optimize the performance of plants and factories around the globe?
* Which systems (ERP, database management, MES, business analytics, and
manufacturing intelligence solutions) are meeting operational goals?
To download a complimentary copy of "Global Manufacturing: MES and Beyond," go to http://www.aberdeen.com/link/source.asp?cid=3086&pid=PR053106.
