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

by McClellan; Michael

• ISBN13: 9781574443417
• ISBN10: 1574443410
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 9/13/2002
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

Provides guidance and examples of how and why real-time events within the plant floor management infrastructure should be an integral on-line systems within the supply chain process. A guide to help end users understand the significant benefits of this technology and aid them in system design and implementation.

Author Biography

Michael McClellan has over 30 years of experience serving and managing manufacturing enterprises. He has held a number of positions in general management, marketing, and engineering, including president and CEO for companies supplying capital equipment and material management systems to nearly every type of manufacturer.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Collaboration strategies	p. 9
Collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment	p. 23
Synchronized production and inventories	p. 37
Manufacturing enterprise collaboration	p. 51
Product life-cycle management	p. 65
Enterprise resource planning	p. 79
Supply chain management	p. 91
On-line, real-time data sources	p. 109
Industries and data standards	p. 133
Collaboration and lean manufacturing	p. 149
Collaboration from the academic view	p. 159
Automotive industry collaboration	p. 165
Life science industries	p. 175
Electronics industry collaboration	p. 185
Process industry collaboration	p. 193
Summary	p. 203
Hierarchy of supply-chain software systems	p. 207
Enterprise resource planning system: an example	p. 215
Index	p. 229
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