Significant improvements in financial performance are the result of a multi-faceted effort: this report focuses on the role of plant performance metrics programs, improvements, and IT applications. Based on a survey of manufacturers and producers, the results illustrate approaches, business processes, and software technologies used today – and which ones correlate to dramatic business performance improvement. Top six take-aways reflect what works.
Date Published: February 2012
Authors:
- Julie Fraser, Cambashi
- Nancy Hodgman, Cambashi
- Sallly Bennett, Cambashi
- Rebecca Withers, Cambashi
- Hadrien Szigeti, Dassault Delmia
- Greg Agnew, A. Schulman
- Reda Bensaid, Camstar
- Ted Bobkowski, Innovative Manufacturing Solutions
- Samrat Chatterjee, Tata Consultancy Services
- Didier Chavet, Sandisk
- Tina Cook, Rockwell Automation
- Jean-Marie Deschamps, Owens Corning
- Mark Dych, Solarsoft Business Systems
- Rohit Goyal, Tata Consultancy Services
- David Gustovich, IQity Solutions
- Guneet Gyani, Tata Consultancy Services
- Sharri Hall, Diageo Global Supply
- Mike Hamilton, Suncast
- Don Hart, Rockwell Automation
- Ganesh Hegde, SAP
- Tony Jenovino, Campbell Soup
- Steve Kaplan, Murata Power Solutions
- Shirish Kulkarni, Tata Consultancy Services
- Susan Lamb, Camstar
- George Maxson, Cormetech
- Duncan Moir, Solarsoft Business Systems
- Diane Murray, Solarsoft Business Systems
- José Maldonado Ortiz, SAB Miller
- Amit Pai, Tata Consultancy Services
- Chuck Pharris, SAP
- Karen Poirier, IQity Solutions
- Paula Puess, Rockwell Automation
- Darren Riley, Rockwell Automation
- Dana Saylors, Camstar
- Trent Sunde, The Clorox Company
- Graham Ward, Solarsoft Business Systems
- James Wise, Solarsoft Business Systems
- Alan Wood, GenPower
- Jian Xu, Corn Products International
- Roy Brower, Boeing
- Gopal Gopalkrishnan, OSIsoft