Manufacturing Transformation Through The Advent Of The Digital Manufacturing Enterprise

The Digital Manufacturing Enterprise envisages an integrated information model, one that spans across the entire enterprise regardless of size, geography or complexity... This would integrate multiple tiers of applications such as plant automation systems, manufacturing execution systems and enterprise applications in order to drive planning and execution closely together.

Integrating MES and Enterprise Systems: Creating the Agile and Responsive High-Tech Manufacturer

For any MES/ enterprise integration effort to be manageable and effective, it must adopt a top-down perspective and use processes as the organizational foundation for a staged implementation of integration.

Automating the Spare Parts Management System

The critical nature of spare parts management in manufacturing and service operations cannot be understated. Factors such as demand unpredictability, part alternates, parts indigenization and tight control on spare parts... inventory coupled with high service levels, demand decision support to accurately forecast spare part requirements and to optimize inventory. Meeting these objectives helps improve profitability and achieve strategic goals such as customer loyalty. The paper discusses various facets of spares and service management from a Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) perspective. It also examines the industry from an automation perspective and suggests viable solutions.

Efficient Ladle Management in Aluminum Making

(This article first appeared in Aluminum World, May 2007, published by Sovereign Publications Limited.)

For large aluminum manufacturers with multiple furnaces and pot-lines, delivering ladles carrying... the right quality of metal to the desired furnace and recording all in-process data for future analysis is a major challenge. This paper provides an approach to capture, display, store and analyze ladle-related information. It is designed to enable better execution of smelting and cast-house schedules and increase visibility of ladle movements, thereby improving coordination between smelting and cast-house operations.

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