• Manufacturing Information Systems
(IS) - infrastructure for communication
and sharing and security of information up and
down the supply chain. For example:
- Equipment downtime cause analysis
- Overall Equipment Efficiencies (OEE)
- RFID
- Information security, etc
• Modeling and Simulation (M&S)
– capacity for product design, specifications
testing and simulation to improve product quality,
process efficiencies, reduced time to market,
and cut in product rationalization cost. For
example:
- Product prototyping
- CAD/CAM/CAE
- Solids modeling
- Discrete event modeling, etc
• Manufacturing Processes and
Equipment (MP&E) - implementation
of lean operating and manufacturing practices
and processes and business quality systems for
management, production workers, and equipment
proficiencies. For example:
- Lean Management Systems (value stream mapping,
setup reduction, Kaizan)
- Inventory controls
- Quality management programs
- Government required standards (batch controls,
records and facilities, etc),etc
• Enterprise Management and Technology
Integration (EM&TI) - requirements
for connecting people, processes, and technologies
to ensure that the right people have the right
processes, information, and resources at the
right time. For example:
- Business Planning (business plan , indusial
marketing, succession planning, disaster)
- Systems such as Enterprise
Resource Planning (ERP), CIM
- Manufacturing Extension Systems (MES)
- Financial Management (financial Z-Scores,
cash-to-cash cycle time, etc), etc
• Legal And Regulatory (L&R)
- broad ownership, management, compliance, and
control of business and intellectual property.
For example:
- OSHA Occupational Health and Safety Management
- ISO 14000
- Patent control
