MESA and Industry Directions Launch ''Metrics that Matter'' Study; Research to Uncover KPIs that Justify Operational Improvements.CHANDLER Chandler, city (1990 pop. 90,533), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., in the Salt River valley; inc. 1920. It is both a residential community and a center for research and technology. Tourism is also important, and the San Marcos Golf Resort is in Chandler. , Ariz. & CUMMAQUID, Mass. -- Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA) International and Industry Directions Inc. today opened for response the 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. that Matter industry survey. This survey asks about plant and operational key performance metrics Performance metrics are measures of an organizations activities and performance. Performance metrics should support a range of stakeholder needs from customers, shareholders to employees [1]. (KPIs) in use and how they relate to business, operational and financial metrics in use. The survey also asks about how companies gather the data for these measurements and what software they use in their plants, from performance dashboards to product track and trace, quality, scheduling and maintenance. One objective is to show how companies can justify plant software investments; another is to illustrate how plant improvements can accelerate financial success. MESA and Industry Directions are seeking responses from all companies in the production industries - discrete, batch, process and mixed mode in any vertical industry segment. This on-line survey is open for industry response as of today, and will be open into early April. Based on the responses, a group of industry leaders will be selected for follow-up follow-up, n the process of monitoring the progress of a patient after a period of active treatment. follow-up subsequent. follow-up plan telephone surveys to share what they have learned with the larger community. The results of this survey will be released at or before the MESA Conference Oct. 9-12 in Orlando, FL. The conference, themed "Plant to Enterprise: Your Path to World-Class Quality," will include a special session on the results of this "Metrics that Matter" survey. All respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. to the survey will receive a copy of the public findings report as soon as it is released this fall. "Manufacturers measure many things, but don't always have a clear view of how to talk about operational improvements in a way that the benefits to the enterprise are clear. We launched this project to improve that situation and also to provide some data to manufacturers that might help them focus on key metrics and justify the software they need to see performance and improve it," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. MESA Metrics Committee Chairman Jonathon Siudut of IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) . The online survey is available at http://www.questionpro.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=380449 or through www.MESA.org or www.industrydirections.com. The survey is open to manufacturing and production companies, and includes questions about operational metrics in use and their importance as well as performance against those KPIs, financial metrics in use and their importance and performance improvements against those KPIs, links between operational and plant metrics, timeliness of feedback and use of plant floor software. The study will correlate performance improvements between plant and enterprise levels as well as use of software with improvements. All co-sponsor companies underwriting Underwriting 1. The process by which investment bankers raise investment capital from investors on behalf of corporations and governments that are issuing securities (both equity and debt). 2. The process of issuing insurance policies. the effort provide deep and diverse expertise in plant operations, operational metrics, and plant dashboards and software. These companies are working together to increase the manufacturing market's understanding of the role metrics play in corporate performance improvement and operational data management. Funding sponsors for the study are: Apriso Corporation (www.apriso.com), Camstar Systems (www.camstar.com), IBM Corporation (www.ibm.com) , OSIsoft (www.osisoft.com) , Rockwell Automation Rockwell Automation NYSE: ROK is an industrial automation company. Its products include Allen-Bradley controls and engineered services and Rockwell Software factory management software. The company headquarters are located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (http://www.rockwellautomation.com) and Siemens Energy & Automation (http://www2.automation.siemens.com/mes/simatic_it/index_76.htm). About MESA Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA) International is a not-for-profit Not-for-profit An organization established for charitable, humanitarian, or educational purposes that is exempt from some taxes and in which no one in profits or losses. organization of manufacturers and information system providers focused on leveraging technology to achieve business goals. The organization is a community of manufacturing end-users, technology suppliers and consultants - focused on improving the flexibility and agility of manufacturing production. For more than a decade, MESA has been a premier venue for the manufacturing community to share and create unbiased information on the topic of solving business issues with technology. For more information about MESA, visit www.mesa.org. About Industry Directions Industry Directions is an industry analyst firm that conducts research on the business processes and enabling technologies used in manufacturing value networks in specific vertical industries. These industries include every type of manufacturing, from pure process industries such as oil and gas to batch process such as food and pharmaceuticals to discrete such as automotive, electronics and aerospace, to mixed mode industries such as consumer durables Consumer durables Consumer products that are expected to last three years or more, such as an automobile or a home appliance. consumer durables See durable goods. . Areas of focus include supply chain, business-to-business, production, lean & other improvement initiatives, enterprise management, product lifecycle Product lifecycle or product life cycle is the course of a product's sales and profits over time. The five stages of each product lifecycle are product development, introduction, growth, maturity and decline. management and performance management. To learn more, visit: www.industrydirections.com. |
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