MESA Analytics Guidebook
The goal of this book is to act as a guidepost. A comprehensive review of analytics in the manufacturing and operational space along with use cases and their benefits....
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The Value of Big Data and the Industry 4.0 Revolution
The value of big data to enable smart manufacturing.
Metrics that Matter Summary Report
Manufacturing is changing rapidly. New technology advancements around the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Cloud, Big Data Analytics, and Mobility are converging...
A KPI Standard to Improve Process Performance
The international standard, ISO 22400 - Key Performance Indicators for Manufacturing Operations Management, defines a set of 34 high value Key Performance Indicators...
Sustainability in Manufacturing Metrics, What does that mean looking forward?
This presentation reviews the evolution of sustainability and what the future looks like.
KPI Lifecycle for Process Control
The concept of a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) lifecycle is introduced and its usefulness defended.
Field Tests of KPI Effectiveness Methods
KPI effectiveness methods and tools have been developed in support of the elements of the KPI lifecycle.
Key Performance Indicator Assessment Model
An important element of the KPI lifecycle is for target process stakeholders to make periodic assessments of the current effectiveness of the KPIs applied to the...
KPIML Defining and Exchanging Key Performance Indicators
Having KPIs are fine, but if you can’t reliably get them from the generating system to where they are needed, then they quickly lose their value. KPIML is an XML...
Are you Honest with Yourself? Introducing the MESA Metrics Maturity Model
The MESA Metrics Maturity Model establishes a framework or system for the creation of manufacturing and related metrics. It allows organizations to assess their...
Time-in-State Metric
This presentation explains how to implement a management and control methodology on the plant floor in real-time to improve the Time-in-State Metric (TISM).
Time-In-State in Mining Beneficiation
This case study illustrates how Time-in-State facilitated an 9% improvement in production throughput without major capital expenditure and / or equipment modification.
Metrics Makeover Contest
In 2010-12, MESA held a contest where one manufacturer in North America and one in Europe won a consulting engagement that helped them identify and measure a key...
MESA Metrics for Major Initiatives Report
Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA) International and Industry Directions Inc. unveiled the second in a series of studies on Metrics today at the...
MESA White Paper #40: Performance Improvement and Metrics Practices
This paper is a snapshot of initiatives, metrics practices and improvements achieved.