Connection Between Manufacturing Responsiveness and Continuous Improvement says AberdeenGroup Report.BOSTON -- A new AberdeenGroup study demonstrates a correlation between manufacturing responsiveness and the longevity longevity (lŏnjĕv`ĭtē), term denoting the length or duration of the life of an animal or plant, often used to indicate an unusually long life. of continuous improvement programs. While 75% of best-in-class companies have integrated the management of business and plant metrics metrics Managed care A popular term for standards by which the quality of a product, service, or outcome of a particular form of Pt management is evaluated. See TQM. for two years or more, only 22% of industry average, and 8% of laggards have similar programs in place. 'Process Manufacturing Excellence: Strategies for the Plant Floor and Beyond' highlights winning business and technology strategies that leading manufacturers use to respond to lower cost competitors, major retailer mandates, and opportunistic opportunistic /op·por·tu·nis·tic/ (op?er-tldbomacn-is´tik) 1. denoting a microorganism which does not ordinarily cause disease but becomes pathogenic under certain circumstances. 2. selling. "Across the process-oriented manufacturing sectors, companies are undergoing dramatic change. The days of long production runs with few equipment changeovers are being replaced with dynamic schedules, new configuration processes for just-in-time shipment, and substantially more end items," said Jane Biddle, vice president of manufacturing research for Aberdeen. "It's not surprising that so many manufacturers are challenged with cost effectively bringing their manufacturing processes and technology systems up to today's much higher standards." This study on manufacturing excellence for the process industries addresses issues such as: --What are the major business drivers for process oriented o·ri·ent n. 1. Orient The countries of Asia, especially of eastern Asia. 2. a. The luster characteristic of a pearl of high quality. b. A pearl having exceptional luster. 3. manufacturers and what strategies and solutions are best-in-class companies adopting to address them? --How are leaders becoming more responsive to changing market demands? What initiatives are being put in place to improve manufacturing reliability and flexibility? --To what extent do today's technology solutions deliver on the long awaited a·wait v. a·wait·ed, a·wait·ing, a·waits v.tr. 1. a. To wait for. See Synonyms at expect. b. vision of a global manufacturing dashboard (1) See Mac Dashboard. (2) A software-based control panel for one or more applications, network devices or industrial machines. Dashboards display simulated gauges and dials that look somewhat like an automobile dashboard. ? To download your complimentary copy of the "Process Manufacturing The manufacturing industry that uses process control systems. See process control. Excellence: Strategies for the Plant Floor and Beyond" report, follow this link: http://aberdeen.com/summary/report/benchmark/RA_ProcMfgExcel_JB.asp About AberdeenGroup Founded in 1988, AberdeenGroup Inc is the trusted advisor to the global business executive for value chain strategies and business advice. |
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