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By Alan Foster
Whether you believe the overwhelming evidence of global warming or not, next generation manufacturing is about minimizing the amount of water and energy used per produced unit while minimizing the amount of waste created and cost of waste processing. While 20th century manufacturing was about minimizing labor and materials used per produced unit, 21st century manufacturing is about minimizing water,. Read More
By Alan Foster
Collaborative manufacturing only happens when the MES/MOM systems are truly integrated into the supply chain management (SCM) systems to support end-to-end business processes through dynamic change management. Many companies have learned that global SCM does not work without real-time status of the plant fleet’s capabilities and capacity as well as the same level of information for supply side for the. Read More
By Alan Foster
There is an old MES saying, “MES is not a project event; it is a process. It is 80% cultural and 20% technical.” Many manufacturers’ Corporate IT Department are incorrectly viewing MES as another extension of ERP and thereby incorrectly believing that each plant, each line, and each work cell operate under a common set of business and operations. Read More
