Collaborative Manufacturing: Using Real-Time Information to Support the Supply Chain

by Michael McClellan

Overview

Collaborative manufacturing is an interactive process with great potential, but without the direct input of the plant floor systems information, a significant piece of the management process is not available for consideration. Collaborative Manufacturing provides guidance and examples of how and why real-time events within the plant floor managemen

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040179741
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/13/2002
Series:	Resource Management
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	264
File size:	4 MB

Table of Contents

Brief History of the Evolution of Tools Used to Manage Production Over the Past 20 Years. In-Depth View of Plant Floor Systems. Review of Foundation Information Blocks that Make Up Data Used In Manufacturing Systems. Various Types of Manufacturing Environments.Current Manufacturing Management Concepts. Inclusion and Collaboration Throughout the Entire Supply Chain of All Value Adding Sources. The Technical Side of System Design Addressing System Structure, Computer Equiptment, Communication Methods, and Software design Issues. Return-On-Investment (ROI) Concepts. Examining and Measuring the Current Methodology of the Organization and Benchmarking Performance Objectives and System Effectiveness. Design and Implementation Methodology. What's Next in the Future of Business Systems as They Affect manufacturing?