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Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association
Monthly eNews   -   October 2013

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NEWS
EDUCATION
EVENTS

Manufacturers and Producers - tell us how you measure your performance, then learn how you compare. Take a few minutes to answer questions about metrics, process and technology.  


 
Fill out the survey and not only get access to the report in early 2014, but also get access to LNS Research's Performance Management Research Library for one year!

  

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Cargill steps up! 

Rik Geerts of Cargill was elected to MESA's International Board and Tom Tully of Cargill was elected to the Americas board.

 

Cargill is MESA's newest Manufacturer/Producer company member.

 

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Many of you have asked the MESA XML Committee for examples of B2MML and BatchML files to help project teams understand how to use the schemas and ISA-95. Please help!   

  

Contribute sample B2MML and/or BatchML files to be used as a MESA resource. The files may be from an actual project or custom created with realistic data. We will create a MESA whitepaper describing the files and contents, listing everyone who sent a file as a contributor. Helping on the whitepaper to be listed as an author. To provide sample files or to sign up as an author on the white paper, please email b2mml@mesa.org.

 

RESOURCES

 
This guidebook is written for an executive or a senior manager (business or IT) of a manufacturing company who is looking to implement a Quality Management System or Regulatory Compliance System in the organization. With the help of this guidebook an organization can include regulatory compliance and quality management requirements as part of the evaluation of new information system solutions and platforms. Read on..

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White Paper #45
The paper explains a requirements definition method using ISA-95 Part 3 modeling techniques to describe the integration of a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) as part of MOM into enterprise manufacturing architecture.

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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. If this is of interest, please respond to this year's survey as well.
 
 
  

 

Call for Speakers!  

Save the date for the 2014 MESA North American Conference May 5-7th! 
 

MESA is once again the title sponsor of Industry Week's Best Plants 2014, and MESA is running the technology track. We are also co-locating MESA's North American Conference with unConference sessions too. In addition to planning to attend, please consider speaking in the Best Plants Technology track. Submit an abstract to present your successes and experience!

  

This is a great opportunity to show the enterprise world the value of what MESA knows and what you know!
 

Speaker abstract submissions are due by Nov. 1st   

November 5-7, 2013

Nashville Convention Center

Nashville, TN

 

MESA collaborated with ISA to create "The Connected Enterprise" track at ISA's conference this year. The goal of the track is to address the core issues of how to achieve a substantially higher degree of sustainable systems integration between disparate systems in the enterprise's systems architecture. Join your MESA and ISA peers here!

 

  

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4th Edition Manufacturing IT Summit 2013 

November 8th

Delhi

  

A highly focused & content rich Summit which is designed for IT leaders from manufacturing sector across India.

  

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Webcast on MESA-Gartner Research Getting Value from MES December 12, 2013
 

MES can deliver huge benefits, but success is not a foregone conclusion. What can you do to maximize value? Find out in this Gartner webcast, based on the second Gartner research study where MESA members were a significant portion of the response base.  

 

Register now for this discussion of what makes MES efforts successful.

  

  

 

  

RECOMMENDED READING  

 

Six Steps For Streamlining Manufacturing Processes

_Manufacturing.net

 

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Analytics and the Information-Driven Enterprise

 _ARC Advisory Group 

 

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 MES comes to the forefront

_PACE
Today we're beginning to see the automation companies' sales teams using MOM/ MES software to help pull through the larger automation system sale.


So what is the reason for the newfound strength and attraction of these software offerings?

 

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 Manufacturing Software Solution Improves Work In Process Visibility

_TheManufacturingConnection.com

GE Intelligent Platforms has announced the immediate availability of "Proficy for Manufacturing Discrete (PfMD)".

 

 

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Are Vets the answer to the technical skills shortage?  

_Forbes
Around half of the managers at ATS are veterans.

   

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Key Takeaways form GE IP's 'Connected World' Event

_LNS Research  

 

 

MESA MEMBER PERKS


Do you want to be the first to know what new materials are coming out from MESA? Or do you have an idea for new content?
The MESA Technical Committee is always seeking authors and reviewers. Please join on the MESA website. Upcoming topics include:
  • Time in State
  • ROI and Building a Business Case

All MESA members are welcome to participate with MESA Committees and Working Groups.

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MESA has teamed up with the Staples Advantage Program to give MESA members discounted items  Register your company here. Contact MESA's Registrar, Megan Sopko for more details. 
 
  


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That can mean over $10,000 in savings for our large-sized Manufacturing members!

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MEMBER SUBMISSIONS   

 

Procurement managers across industries are looking to manage their indirect expenses more effectively due to turbulent economic conditions and increasingly ambitious growth agendas. Ensuring year-on-year savings on indirect expenses, keeping up with competition and lack of relevant expertise and tools are some concerns that procurement managers need to address.

 

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The award is in appreciation of the company's Allen-BradleyPowerFlex 525 AC drive, which was officially released in Asia Pacific earlier this year 
 

21 YEARS AND KNOWING!

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