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Collaborative Manufacturing Management (CMM) is a new way of organiz-ing and managing manufacturing enterprises, requiring a focus on new ways of leveraging both partnerships and technologies to compete. This means
knitting together internal manufacturing and business processes, and con-necting them seamlessly and in synchrony with external business processes. Sharing information throughout the enterprise is more important than ever,
but Business Process Management (BPM) is becoming the critical functional-ity for competing in the emerging collaborative value network environment.
Collaborative Manufacturing Management is defined as “the practice of
managing by controlling the key business and manufacturing processes of a manufacturing enterprise in the context of its value net-works. CMM builds upon a collaborative infrastructure,
BPM services, and real-time strategic business management tools, together with critical applications, production systems, and enterprise information, to maximize the responsiveness,
flexibility, and profitability of the manufacturing enterprise, together with the overall effectiveness of the value net-works.”
This is a response to important shifts in the overall value proposition of manufacturing companies. Global competition and downward pressure on prices have led manufacturers to recognize their position within a Value
Network. They have begun to optimize processes for overall enterprise-wide effectiveness rather than individual plant efficiency; and many are moving from isolated business processes to distributed, synchronized BPM.
Many manufacturers have been building out their systems, incorporating Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Advanced Planning and Sched-uling (APS), Supply Chain Management (SCM), e-Procurement, and
Logistics systems. Some have begun replacing aged automation systems with new Collaborative Automation System (CAS) components. Many have also experimented with Portals and Exchanges. The leaders incorporate real-
time business intelligence, analysis, and decision support tools for top man-agement. CMM is a new strategy that focuses on facilitating and managing business processes first, and the supporting systems second.
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The Internet has proven to be a paradigm-shifting disruptive technology, but much of the impact has yet to be felt. Software suppliers are just coming to
grips with the implications for bounding, delivering, and supporting their applications. Next-generation applications will not only share information, they will operate in the context of a broader business process workflow. This
in not a new idea for many factory floor or plant systems, but it is a radical departure for traditionally passive, transaction-based business systems.
Manufacturers need not wait. Affordable, practical CM2 technologies and
solutions are available today. Those who doubt it need only look to electron-ics manufacturers, who have pioneered the use of some of these technologies to become the most agile among their competitors.
In these times, it is important to pay attention to return on in-vestment. Because CMM involves multiple solutions and multiple suppliers, manufacturers will want to work out detailed
ROI for each piece of the CMM investment. Most suppliers will offer a hard dollar value proposition that manufacturers can fac-tor into their assessments. CMM can improve response to
changing market conditions, streamline product introductions, improve asset utilization, increase or maintain market share, reduce inven-tory, and reduce cycle times. All these improvements are important
contributors to profitability, competitive advantage, and shareholder value.
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The evolution of collaborative value networks requires that manufacturers visualize the relationships among plant and enterprise applications, markets, value chains, and manufacturing nodes in order to understand the context
for planning and implementing collaborative manufacturing systems. A col-laborative manufacturing network consists of spheres or manufacturing nodes connected by material, information, and process flows. The nodal
sphere encompasses three axes: Enterprise, Value Chain, and Lifecycle. Above the central plane or disc are business functions. Below it, are produc-tion functions. These functions, now performed using a number of manual
processes and legacy applications, will be supported by collaborative com-ponents capable of orchestrating the designated functions in concert with the
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Today, this globe is populated with standalone applications that a manufac-turer chooses to install and support. These new and legacy systems are sometimes knit together by mes-
saging and workflow-based EAI systems to optimize enterprise performance. Outside the do-
main of the nodal manufacturing sphere, Internet-based collabora-tion options are growing in
power and functionality. Ex-changes and portals provide new channels for connecting with
suppliers as well as customers along the value chain, while product lifecycle support options
emerge for collaborative product design and support via the Web.
ARC’s CMM Model defines the requirements for an information system that
addresses the key elements of collaborative manufacturing outlined above. The model also recognizes the need to support internal and out-sourced exe-cution of all enterprise activities by defining solutions for different functional
units and for an extended enterprise or supply chain.
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collaborative manufacturing functions.
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influenced by the quality of available information about orders in produc-tion. The winners will be those who leverage manufacturing data not only to continuously improve their own operations, but also to enhance their infor-
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with suppliers, with customers and channels, with product design partners, and with production equipment support providers. Look to suppliers to in-creasingly provide Web-enabled, collaborative software and production
equipment to support each dimension. Over time, manufacturing systems will be able to participate in an environment where they operate collabora-tively with markets.
��������� ��� ����� ������� �The concurrent trends toward increasingly so-phisticated devices on the plant floor and more
demands for both manufacturing flexibility and information visibility driven by the increased competition are driving an approach to collabora-
tive manufacturing where the collection, dissemination, and analysis of information about production operations is recognized to be strate-
gically as important, if not more important, than the physical products produced
Control is the foundation for collaborative manu-
facturing and is a critical component of an effective collaborative manufac-turing infrastructure. The key here is making the right information available, along with the appropriate management tools, throughout all levels of the
organization, as well as customers and suppliers in such a way as to rein-force, enhance, and optimize business processes.
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manufacturers can leverage this information in real-time to distribute work
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throughout the production network in response to actual demand, rather than forecasts, thereby gaining the competitive edge.
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lution is the dimension of control, or automating business processes to meet economic targets given variable inputs or sce-narios. As powerful, connected computing devices become
pervasive and exchanges change the dynamics of buying and sell-ing, the foundation is being laid to change the fundamental paradigm from one of providing data or information visibility to
human decision makers, to one of providing the benefits of real automation and business process control. First movers can expect to realize significant competitive advantage by capitalizing on the
agility and responsiveness of adaptive business process control, and these will be manufacturers with vision and innate cultural adaptability.
-$�.� ������+��������������� ��'������� �������� ��!�������Web-based tools such as Portals allow collaborative manufacturing managers to visualize information from a variety of systems throughout the enterprise
and interpret the results in conjunction with established performance met-rics.
/$�������� ��������������)��� �� ��� � ��� ��Designing new products and their manufacturing processes is collaborative in nature, and new Internet-based tools are emerging to support these activi-ties. As manufacturers react to the broader emerging collaborative
environment, these systems will be crucial to their ability to compete by pro-viding quick and effective responses to demand for new products.
For discrete manufacturers, this must include the management and collabo-
ration of specification and product development information (PDM), as well as the design and collaboration on manufacturing processes across multiple specialized nodal manufacturers. Collaboration systems must support as-
sembly sequence planning, constraint-based design, distributed process planning and layout, work instructions development, routing and operations times, performance analysis, and optimization. In addition, they must be
integrated with plant business systems.
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After the initial product and process design and documentation, collabora-tive systems must support ramp to volume, local process optimization,
change management, and manufacturing improvement projects such as throughput reduction, cost reduction, and automation. Hybrid process manufacturers have an analogous situation in the development and deploy-
ment of recipes and manufacturing processes. Collaborative solutions for these chemical, food, and pharmaceutical plants should support recipe-related business processes in R&D, manufacturing, and marketing. They also
should ensure consistent recipe maintenance across enterprise boundaries.
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around for a long time – witness the establishment of EDI and Vendor Man-aged Inventory (VMI). In the emerging collaborative environment, close collaboration among nodal manufacturers raises cooperation and interaction
to a new level. It now becomes not only possible, but necessary to transmit real-time information in two directions among these nodes. Production in-formation on quality, materials availability, and production status must flow
downstream to customers, while information on orders, inventory levels, specifications, and change orders flows upstream.
The essence of collaboration is the ability for individual plants to synchronize their work in real-time based on ac-cepted orders and to coordinate the production and
delivery of component materials at the production level in a highly distributed manner. Orders may be scheduled, produced, and de-livered from a tightly integrated and coordinated value chain. This requires
sharing of detailed, current production information throughout the value chain, as well as throughout the enterprise. For example, brand managers armed with better information about production can begin their marketing
campaigns before the inventory appears in the warehouse. Demand for components and services for the implementation of a customer order is sent to other plants or companies within the value network and then handled ap-
propriately. At each node in the value chain, the work can be done in-house, outsourced to another node in the network, or purchased outside the net-work. This approach adds a high degree of confidence to Available To
Promise (ATP) quotations because it reflects the actual committed produc-tion schedule based on real orders.
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ments to their collaborating network partners and customers. In order to allow for the possibility of production equipment failures or downtime, they can either push out the delivery schedule to provide a margin for error, or
implement an EAM system that is closely integrated with production man-agement and Plant Asset Management systems. By using the latter approach, equipment health can be integrated into the production commit-
ment generation and can be reflected in customer satisfaction.
Another important collaboration area is with plant equipment suppliers. They may offer remote monitoring and maintenance of plant equipment via
the Internet. It can take the form of a Remote Maintenance Portal or monitor-ing of provided equipment with embedded Internet access. When production equipment is connected to the Internet in this way, the embedded
intelligence can be gathered, published, and visualized over the Web. With the right interface, remote users can then monitor the equipment, supply consumables, and support or provide diagnostics and maintenance.
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structure, business process management services, and real-time strategic business management tools, together with critical applications, production systems, and enterprise information, to maximize the responsiveness, flexi-
bility, and profitability of the manufacturing enterprise. Most large manufacturers have begun to put in place at least some of the components required for CMM, and by following the CMM model and documentation
they can complete the journey.
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enterprise in a multitude of Applications, Databases, Internet, Wireless, Em-bedded, PDA, Barcode, RF, and other devices and systems. What is needed is a way to have the information available to people or systems that need it,
when and where they need it. This implies a deep understanding of the con-text – or business processes – behind the request. In other words, business process requirements determine information requirements. These processes
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in turn must be synchronized in multiple dimensions, across organizational and enterprise boundaries.
It is not practical to amass all of this data in a central location, and in many cases, this may be counter-productive. Instead, applications and systems will
be connected via the collaborative infrastructure, but in time, components that subscribe to informa-tion published by others will become the norm.
'������� ��"���� ��Machines and process equipment are the hallmark of manufacturing, and CMM explicitly considers
the integration of all varieties of production and material handling equipment. As the production equipment itself becomes smarter, and as connec-
tions to the rest of the plant and extended enterprise are enabled, manufacturers will be able to collabo-rate more effectively.
�������� ��Applications are at the core of any information system, and this remains true in the collaborative manufacturing model. However, all applications in a
collaborative system must be “collaboration-enabled.” This affects the way in which applications manage data and how they support integration within the overall system. Even new, fully integrated, ERP solutions may need up-
grading to enable proactive collaboration. This is recognized by most ERP companies, and has become the focus for new developments for Web-enabled, open products and new architectures such as SAP’s MySAP.com
and i2’s TradeMatrix.
Information sharing is basic to collaboration. Information in a collaborative environment must, therefore, be open for convenient access by all authorized
users and by other collaboration-enabled applications across the extended enterprise or supply chain. Collaboration-enabled applications, therefore, utilize open access methods for maintaining and accessing information they
are responsible for. Since the Internet will be a primary platform for com-munication in the collaborative manufacturing world, information must be made accessible through simple browser interfaces to support all levels of
collaboration that will occur in manufacturing.
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users who may have little or no local application support. Collaboration-enabled appli-
cations should anticipate future support of mobile de-vices that will become
commonplace in future manufacturing systems. They should also publish
data, letting other applica-tions or systems subscribe to that data.
���������� ���������� ����� ��Manufacturers need to provide executive management with tools to set tar-gets, measure performance, and formulate strategy. Leading manufacturers
incorporate real-time business intelligence, analytics, and decision support tools for top management, and employ activity-based costing and manage-ment, Balanced Scorecard, or similar tools designed to influence disparate
divisions, plants, groups and members of the enterprise to act together as a team.
The next generation of Strategic Enterprise Management tools will provide
for planning, creating, managing, and optimizing the enterprise in the con-text of its “value networks,” where intimate partners cooperate to pursue specific business opportunities.
These tools will incorporate advanced business modeling capabilities and will allow managers to leverage technical capabilities in a strategic way to create competitive advantage for the value network, as well as individual
companies within the network.
Inherent in these tools will be the creation and enforcement of business terms and relationships among the partners.
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throughout all levels of the enterprise. Internal connec-tivity may be implemented with Application Servers, Messaging, Host Integration, Web Services, and the like.
External connectivity may be implemented with private exchanges, public exchanges, portals, and traditional tech-nologies. Visibility can be effectively implemented using
Portals.
Collaborative manufacturers are beginning to embrace the use of Portals and Exchanges. Many have some deployed and more planned. In many ways,
the distinction between portals and exchanges is fuzzy, but there is a funda-mental difference: Portals are oriented toward connecting systems with people, where exchanges primarily connect systems with systems, or busi-
nesses to businesses.
Portals and exchanges provide ubiquitous connectivity. That role is solidify-ing as applications and application suites of all kinds begin to provide
standard interfaces for portals and exchanges.
Considering the benefits of collaboration, rapid enablement of seamless inte-gration with new partners will become a major challenge for system
architects. Addressing each new integration need as another point-to-point connection will overwhelm even the best development team and will frus-
trate the company’s improve-
ment programs. Considering this, ARC believes that an in-frastructure approach to
integration is a basic element of the collaborative manufac-turing management system.
The Business Process Man-agement approach replaces point-to-point integration with
a more robust, more support-able point-to-framework approach. By using portals,
markets, and BPM systems, manufacturers can achieve a
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systems. This approach extends the lifecycle of your collaborative manufac-turing strategy and makes it sufficiently dynamic to respond to future changes.
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enhanced business processes within the integration software. The addition of process development and management tools opened up the real possibility of automating and maintaining
business processes. Proven middleware technologies, such as message queues, message brokering, transformations, transac-tion processing, and legacy integration, remain at the heart of
these systems. In some cases, field-proven modules are ex-tended and leveraged by suppliers of general-purpose BPM products. Be-cause these products generate separate integration use cases and are more
visible throughout the life cycle, they appear less technical and have a higher perceived value.
Nevertheless, Enterprise Integration has always been and remains heavily
technical with difficult requirements such as portability, high security, high performance, and high reliability. The Sun J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) Platform, with Java component-based Applications Servers, has been
adopted widely by most Enterprise Integration software suppliers, providing the consistency, portability, and reusability long sought by suppliers and IT organizations. Any concerns about Java performance have been laid to rest
by broad adoption and application to some of the most demanding integra-tion situations.
In much the same way that standard browsers let people access Web pages
from computers on different operating systems, a stack of protocols and lan-guages (collectively called XML Web services) is essentially becoming an Internet operating system that not only lets computers on different operating
systems share data, but also vastly simplifies application integration, pro-vides access to the data in legacy systems, and offers new collaborative business opportunities.
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is basically a remote procedure call mechanism over HTTP for messages that are encoded in XML. The Web Services Description Language (WSDL) pro-vides grammar for specifying properties of an XML Web service such as
what it does, where it’s located, and how to invoke it. It provides a simple way for service providers to describe the basic format of requests to their own systems, regardless of such underlying protocols as SOAP. It is also a
key part of the Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) ini-tiative to provide directories and descriptions of such XML Web services for e-business. Essentially, UDDI is an XML Web services yellow pages.
With respect to internal connectivity and Collaborative Automation Systems, a great deal of progress has been made, and continues to be made, toward satisfying the support and synchronization requirements of CMM. Emerg-
ing capability is focused on optimizing the response of manufacturing assets to production directives provided by appropriate CMM components. From a functional perspective, Automation hierarchies are collapsing, information
barriers are dissolving, and architectures are becoming logical and concise. From a logical perspective, manufacturing systems are adopting a common communications backbone (Ethernet TCP/IP), work process-based messag-
ing, XML as a common language, and push transports. From an operational perspective, the focus is on steady state effectiveness, state transitions to support agility requirements, and closing operational loops with perform-
ance visibility and the use of hieratical scorecards. International standards are the cornerstone in the evolution of Collaborative Automation Systems and are responsible for a new clarity.
Managing multi-site production is a critical aspect of internal connectivity. CMM systems must provide real-time visibility and business process control across distributed manufacturing facilities, share real-time production data
with major suppliers and business partners, and provide customers with real-time manufacturing information visibility as needed. In addition, they provide for centrally managing manufacturing processes that may be dis-
tributed among physically remote plants.
In an efficient supply network, companies must be able to implement shared business processes and data across organizational boundaries in a collabora-
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and coordinating forecast information, and in some cases, raw sales data. With a Demand-Pull approach, it becomes possible to work with both long-range forecasts and true, demand-based production scheduling. The de-
mand/commitment process can ripple backward within one plant or between production nodes resident in different plants or companies.
Synchronizing production among multiple plants requires real-time bi-
directional information sharing, including functionality for change manage-ment, work allocation, tracking, information visibility, collaboration management, and performance monitoring. These elements are typically
custom-built using tools and capabilities of BPA systems, but at least one supplier, Camstar, has released many of these functional modules.
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sources and devices they needed to integrate. Looking forward, the use of busses based on standards minimizes
the need for proprietary interfaces and intermediate software. Legacy prod-ucts will continue to be an issue, but
this issue will diminish as we move forward. Standards provide additional value to connectivity and configura-
tions. S88 defines structural conventions for control systems, S95 defines the information flows between
control systems and CMM systems, and emerging standards from bodies such as the Workflow Management Coalition or the Business Process Man-agement Initiative will provide a standard-based approach to work process
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across the complete enterprise and value chain. These users will have little knowledge of how to access in-
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with process disturbances, users may receive more alerts and requests for information from collaborative partners, be they human or systems. Portals provide a convenient way to estab-
lish an efficient desktop work center that can drive information flow and problem solving. Recognizing this benefit, many por-tal suppliers provide role-based templates that organize user
interfaces for efficiency while allowing personalization that can address individual differences.
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bling collections of related data for Key Performance Indicator (KPI) displays or other analysis, and allow users to verify facts, make and pursue the logical connections, and to take immediate action. They integrate an enterprise’s
various digital assets and enable the user to easily navigate between these assets. They support each user with an unlimited number of discoveries driven by their situational needs.
Certain applications already have a strong internal mechanism for collaborat-ing among distributed instances of the application. Portions of this internal collaboration may be moving to Web-based solutions. Whether or not this is
the case, collaborative integration with these applications is likely to be most effective at the system level, rather than replace the built-in collaboration. The driver for system-level connectivity for these applications is the need to
add new, distributed business processes.
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which there was much hype in the last couple years, can either be industry-sponsored or funded through private equity firms. Industry-sponsored ex-changes such as oil & gas exchange TradeRanger, airline exchange Cordiem,
food & beverage exchange Transora, or the automotive exchange Covisint are focused on streamlining transaction processes and supply chains and lower landed costs within the vertical for non-strategic goods. Successful
public exchanges that are equity financed are typically looking to streamline transaction processes and lower landed costs of goods as well, but for more generic products and services that run horizontal across a number of indus-
try sectors. Private exchanges offer secure connectivity between businesses or systems providing a focal point for strategic collaboration between a
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turer to be prepared to participate in and amongst these various exchanges.
While there has been a significant amount of over-sell for these exchanges, the fact remains that there are still numerous exchanges that are providing
significant value to the participants. The value proposition that the exchange model offers, through the naturally dynamic and collaborative environment that it creates, will lead to its continued growth in importance as a key ele-
ment in a collaborative manufacturer’s operation. ARC’s Col-laborative Manufacturing Model, therefore, reflects the importance of interfacing to exchanges by making it one of the
key elements of the model.
To be effective, the collaborative manufacturer must ensure that exchanges are fully integrated into the workflows of the
manufacturing enterprise. This is particularly true in a collabo-rative manufacturing environment that exploits outside resources in order to gain efficiency and velocity in the supply of goods. In this vein, system ar-
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port synchronized planning among suppliers, manufacturers, logistics groups, and customers.
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laborative manufacturing enterprise. Integration with external exchanges will be dynamic as new exchanges are added and as existing integrated ex-changes are deleted from the companies approved workflows. This process
is analogous to interfacing with different areas of the extended enterprise, and a solid infrastructure will be vital in facilitating system modifications driven by changes in the external exchanges.
Larger, tier one collaborative manufacturers will also use private exchanges internally to manage their own extended enterprise and supply chains. This model, in fact, has become the chief strategy in many companies for imple-
menting collaborative manufacturing. In these cases, the private exchange becomes a major collaborative hub providing infrastructure services for not only the enterprise, but also the extended value chain of partners. Leading
companies are now beginning to act as application service providers by host-ing an application within the private exchange. Such hosting enables their
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for integration, both among applications and between companies.
BPM synchronizes and binds all of the collaborative entities together.
There are multiple dimensions or layers to Business Process Manage-ment. First, effective BPM systems
will be central to enterprise manage-ment and integral to the Collaborative Infrastructure. BPM
will leverage the EAI, Private Ex-change, Plant Systems, and Visibility solutions. Next, these systems will
provide tools for SIs and implemen-tation teams to use in deploying these systems. BPM applications are already beginning to emerge. These are targeted, configurable solutions that make
certain kinds of business processes easy to implement. Supply Chain Process Management, or SCPM, systems are examples of this.
Introducing portals and exchanges begins to make advanced collaboration
possible by leveraging the Internet to simplify the interconnection between systems and users and between business entities. But manufacturers need to add the infrastructure to support the complexities of implementing business
processes across organizational, geographical, and functional boundaries. This requires the addition of workflow management, messaging, data trans-lation, and connectors to new and legacy applications. Systems providing
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such as specification matching, establish-ing quality standards and inspection procedures, in-process manufacturing
data requirements, logistics, and insur-ance requirements. In turn, these trigger other processes as the order moves
through the fulfillment cycle. This trans-lates into a complex set of business rules and logic that must be integral to a BPM
implementation.
Recognizing manufacturing as a system of interrelated processes is vital to manag-
ing and improving performance. Performance of individual processes af-fect the performance of the whole, and
changes made at any point can impact other processes involved in producing and delivering final products. For exam-
ple, poor logistics can thwart the best efforts of production managers to in-crease throughput, meet commitments,
and control costs. Design changes that ignore manufacturing and procurement constraints can likewise disrupt produc-
tion systems and create large delays in bringing new products from the drawing board to final customers. Integration of
all parts of a manufacturing system is, therefore, vital to ensuring consistent and reliable performance. Overlaying col-
laborative processes on top of an integrated system enables even higher levels of performance.
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tive Manufacturing Management extends the concept of Lean Manufacturing by redefining the automation of business proc-esses and applying them across all of the elements that touch the
value chain. As a competitive strategy that leverages new tech-nologies, fosters collaboration with value network partners, creates electronically driven automated workflows, and promotes
focusing on core manufacturing competencies, CMM extends lean principles to the extended enterprise and its associated suppliers, customers, and service providers.
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production, delivery, and product support. Development of a collaborative enterprise, therefore, requires examining processes both inside and outside the factory floor and optimizes the principles of a truly Lean enterprise.
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implementation of the Lean environment across all components of factory operations. As the benefits of Lean manufacturing are realized in specific areas of the production process, the goal becomes the application of Lean
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odologies. Quite commonly, this has resulted in overlaps, gaps, and inadequate direction, any of which can reduce or eliminate the potential pay-off from these initiatives. Manufacturers can counteract this effect by
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lutions, and initiatives can be mapped in three-dimensional space and analyzed for completeness, appropriateness, gaps, and overlaps. This be-
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manufacturers and industries.
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nologies, creation of a given manufacturer’s “Ideal” solution for CMM isn’t a straightforward process. It involves thinking about interactions among all areas within the enterprise, together with business processes that extend be-
yond enterprise boundaries. It necessitates the identification of certain key trends and developments and projecting them forward to the appropriate point in time. Manufacturers cannot afford to focus solely on IT trends and
forecasts at this critical juncture. Manufacturing and automation systems themselves are evolving and, in some cases, leading the way. It is critical to develop your specific ideal solution based on an understanding of both en-
terprise and plant-floor solution capabilities and trends, as well as the mechanisms and techniques that will knit them together into controlled, syn-chronized business processes.
4������������������� �With expert guidance, manufacturers can begin to take concrete steps to move from their current state toward their ideal solution. It is important to
pay attention to the seven dimensions of Collaborative Manufacturing when doing so, but with an understanding of recent advances and trends. It is then possible to validate existing and planned architectures, solutions, and tech-
nologies or to select appropriate replacements. Timing becomes critical because certain components of the solution may be either more mature or technically more suitable for supporting the ideal solution. Short-term
tradeoffs will inevitably be made, but the associated pain can be minimized with careful planning and attention to detail.
� ��)��� �� ��)������At this stage in the evolution to CMM solutions, suppliers who never crossed paths are now offering competing solution components. Traditionally, en-terprise-level suppliers expand toward the plant floor, while plant-floor
oriented suppliers expand upward. At the boundaries, how should you de-cide between them? Feature/Function comparison? Domain Expertise? Market power? Incumbent? Best Price? Often these are secondary considera-
tions, and the reality of internal politics drives the decision. It is very important to solicit an independent evaluation, taking into account your
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for all key business processes, paying particular attention to ensuring closed-loop control mechanisms will be put in place where possible, and along each of the critical dimensions of the model.
Implementing Collaborative Manufacturing Management requires consider-ing a number of CMM aspects, such as cultural impact and transition, metrics, technology and architectural details, ROI, and project management.
ARC will continue to elaborate and report on these kinds of issues and on developing and implementing a CMM strategy.
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• Manufacturers should leverage ARC’s tools and capabilities to develop and implement a practical, and sound CMM plan.
• Read and understand ARC’s new publications in this area.
• Act now. The technology is at hand, and your traditional and new competition is already moving in this direction.
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