-- 98% On Time Delivery with a 9% improvement year over year.
-- 88% Throughput with a 10% Improvement year over year.
-- 3 Stock Outs averaged per line per week with a 52% Improvement year
over year.
-- 2.9% Direct Material Usage Variance with a 50% Improvement year over
year.
-- 61% Work In Process Reduction year over year.
Putting these findings in context Matthew Littlefield, a Manufacturing
Research Analyst with the Aberdeen Group, states, "Best in Class
manufacturers are 52% more likely to utilize MES, three times more likely
to utilize MI (Manufacturing Intelligence), and 61% more likely to
integrate MES with ERP. Additionally, 77% of Best in Class manufacturers
utilize automated data collection for production, inventory, and quality
data and are 67% more likely to provide this data to the necessary job
roles for effective decision making."
Based on the above findings Littlefield adds the following recommendations
for action:
-- Focus on efficiency and cost reduction by adopting MES or MI and
integrating with ERP.
-- Utilize production scheduling optimization, quality assurance and
control, and work in process resource management functionality.
-- Measure On Time Delivery, Throughput, and Manufacturing Cycle Time;
ideally in real time and at a minimum daily.
-- Adopt automated data collection and dashboard visualization for
production, inventory, and quality data.
More than 200 manufacturers participated in the study, including:
Bombardier, Panasonic, Bayer Healthcare, Unilever, GE, IBM, Xerox (Europe)
Ltd., Genentech, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., and Biogen Idec.
This study is made available to the public through the underwriting of:
Apriso, Rockwell Automation, SAP, and Wonderware.
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