Repost: Enabling Operational Excellence with Manufacturing Metrics

http://www.lnsresearch.com/research-library/research-articles/enabling-operational-excellence-with-manufacturing-metrics

Let your voice be heard--the MESA Metrics That Matter Survey will assemble feedback from a variety of manufacturers, to show you best practices, results, and trends cross-industry.  You'll also have access to LNS's research library, free, for a year.  So don't delay, take the survey today.  It closes November 15th so there's still time.

Repost: 3 Technology Trends Shaping Manufacturing Performance Management--AND Take the METRICS THAT MATTER SURVEY!

http://blog.lnsresearch.com/blog/bid/189885/3-Technology-Trends-Shaping-Manufacturing-Performance-Management

MESA is sponsoring the Metrics That Matter Survey

Invensys sees a similar pattern--mobility, big data, and the cloud being positive impacts on manufacturing productivity, visibility, uptime and affordability of new operations applications. Now is your chance to tell us--how are you using these technologies, what do you need from the vendors to make your enterprise more responsive, adaptable and competitive?  Take the survey now!

Continuous Improvement: Free Webinar, and Overview of MESA Un-Conference CI Breakout

http://iom.real-time-answers.com/food-beverage_rich-products.html?ls=scl&utm_source=blogMA

 

 

Invensys is sponsoring a free webinar on Continuous Improvement (CI), featuring Rich Products' Jim Whalen and Rob Bansek of Sightbridge Consulting.  Rich Products has over the past two years embarked on a CI journey.  This webinar will tell his story and successes.

It is interesting that CI continues to be so top-of-mind.  I recently (well, yesterday) participated in a #MESA Un-Conference session on Using Manufacturing Technologies to Support Continuous Improvement.  This 90 minute session was to foster discussion between the MESA members (and interested parties) of vendors, solution providers and end users.

I'm now an Americas Board Member At Large for MESA International!

I'm now a voting Board Member of MESA International, Americas Board, representing Invensys.  You may recall a post I did last month, introducing (or in some cases, re-introducing) you to MESA, its charter, and its purpose.

MESA has been in existence for almost 20 years, and I personally have been involved, in some manner, since 1996.  MESA has always fostered open cooperation between industry participants, be them collaborators, or in some cases, competitors, by providing a forum for bettering the state of the operations management industry.

What you don’t (but should) know about MESA International

MESA International is an organization dedicated to the promotion and development of driving improvements into the manufacturing industry.

From their website:

MESA (Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association) International is a global community of manufacturers, producers, industry leaders, and solution providers who are focused on driving business results from manufacturing information. MESA helps members formulate strategies to turn plant-floor data into valuable knowledge to be used throughout the enterprise.

• We collect, share, and publish best practices to help drive greater productivity and the overall profitability of the manufacturing enterprise. Over 20 years of valuable information can be found in our Resource Library.
• We educate manufacturing and service providing professionals through the MESA Global Education Program.  
• MESA facilitates innovation and collaboration to enable the real-time enterprise and Plant to Enterprise (P2E) integration.
• Members connect, contribute, cultivate understanding, and exchange strategies to drive business results and to help define the ever-evolving MESA Model.
• Merger with the World Batch Forum (WBF) broadens our knowledge of ISA-95 related standards like B2MML, and ISA-88 related standards like BatchML.