Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Leverage Workflow Technologies in Manufacturing
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
MESA Holds European P2E Conference
Sunday, November 21, 2010
MESA Elects New Board for 2011
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Paper On Manufacturing Operations Mangement Published
This paper was produced as part of the MESA/ISA 95 Best Practices Working Group through an international peer review process involving 5 or more subject matter reviewers. This MESA White Paper will also be published in one of two methodology best practices collection, Book 2.0, The MOM Chronicles, or Book 3.0, When Worlds Collide in Manufacturing Operations (Collections published by ISA, 10/1/10).
This white paper is available here. All of MESA's white papers are available for $25.00 per paper for individual papers, or become a MESA premium member and have complimentary access to over 250 white papers, presentations, MOM/MES guidebooks, industry studies and web casts.
The content of this paper is part of an open discussion in the below UnConference Session at MESA 2010 North American Conference held June 21-23 in Dearborn, Michigan. Register here for the Conference.
The Unconference session is "Beyond Standards--Unlocking Your Operations Potential" held on Wednesday, June 23, 2010, 9:00am-12:00pm.
Potential specific topics include the following with final conversations determined by the participants' requests:
- ISA-95 Maturity Model Assessment and Migration Strategies
- Architectures for manufacturing operations master data. And, who and how should it be governed?
- Applying SOA to manufacturing operations architectures
- B2MML Integration Patterns and Data Mapping
- Integration PLM, ERP and MOM in a Discrete Manufacturing Environment
- Integration of Manufacturing Intelligence with MOM
- ISA-95 Contextualized Operations Workflows for Industrial BPM
Facilitated by:
Charlie Gifford
Chair, ISA-95/MESA Best Practice Working Group
Chair, MES/MOM Ask the Expert Committee for Managing Automation Magazine
Chief Manufacturing Consultant, 21st Century Manufacturing Solutions LLC
Dr. Thomasma / Capgemini Americas / Detroit
Projects & Consulting
Michael Grasley, P.Eng.
Director, MES Consulting
ASECO Integrated Systems
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
MESA Unconference topic
Metrics That Matter--Developing Metrics For Solving Business Problems
The second track is facilitated by industry analyst Julie Fraser, Chair of the MESA Metrics Committee and Principal Industry Analyst at Cambashi. Co-facilitators include John Jackiw of AltaVia Consulting and Darren Riley of Rockwell Automation. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss what metrics for performance measurement are important with the Metrics That Matter Working Group. Participants can discuss the MESA Metrics Guidebook and offer insights from thoughts and experiences about what practitioners need for using metrics for solving business problems.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Share and learn not be spoonfed
Beyond Standards--Unlocking Your Operations Potential
The first track will be led by industry expert Charlie Gifford, who is Chair, ISA-95/MESA Best Practice Working Group and Chief Manufacturing Consultant, 21st Century Manufacturing Solutions LLC. Co-facilitators include Dr. Tim Thomasma, Capgemini Americas and Michael Grasley, Director, MES Consulting, ASECO Integrated Systems. The general topic is "Unlocking Your Operations' Potential."
Potential specific topics include the following with final conversations determined by the participants' requests:
- ISA-95 Maturity Model Assessment and Migration Strategies
- Architectures for manufacturing operations master data. And who and how should it be governed?
- Applying SOA to manufacturing operations architectures
- B2MML Integration Patterns and Data Mapping
- Integration PLM, ERP and MOM in a Discrete Manufacturing Environment
- Integration of Manufacturing Intelligence with MOM
- ISA-95 Contextualized Operations Workflows for Industrial BPM
Friday, May 21, 2010
Learn more about operations management at workshops
The conference itself begins with an opening keynote by the renowned leader Lou Holtz on Monday evening June 21. He'll be sharing ideas garnered from a successful career in American football that you can use to become the leader your organization needs.
If you budget time to come to town early there are extra opportunities for advanced learning. Choose from a series of pre-conference workshops and dig into your biggest challenges with direct access to some of the most experienced practitioners and thought leaders in industry.
There are five workshops scheduled for Monday, June 21st. Each promises to share breakthrough approaches and valuable know-how in the specific topical area listed. There is no added fee required with payment of a full conference registration.
Here is a quick summary of our expert presenters and the content they will share:
Justifying Manufacturing Operations Management to Business Leaders
Charlie Gifford, Chief Managing Consultant, 21st Century Manufacturing Solutions
MESA Education Program: Real-Time Enterprise, 11 Function Model & MES Product Selection
Co-presenters
Mike James, Group Managing Director, ATS International BV, and Peter van Vliet, Director Business Development, SAP
Working Session for MESA's Quality & Regulatory Compliance Guidebook Working Group, Khris Kammer, Sr. Information Solutions Consultant, Rockwell Automation
Performance Management Benchmark, Practices & Roadmap
Mitchell Weisberg, Managing Director, Lumen Inc.
Survive to Thrive
Jon Snoeij, Principal Consultant, Logica
Advanced registration is required, so sign up today.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Discuss Metrics and Operations Management
Check out the agenda and conference details here. Come and be part of the conversation.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
MESA Conference Speakers Announced
Keynotes & Executive Speakers (Tuesday)
Ford's Vice President of North American Manufacturing, Jim Tetrault, will discuss the role that Manufacturing is playing at Ford to achieve it's One Ford Turnaround Plan and what these other leading companies are doing to build their own competitive advantage.
Manufacturing enterprise software pioneer Rick Bullotta will share a vision of the future of manufacturing.
Other speakers include:
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Unconference Featured As Part of MESA Gathering
On Tuesday, high level practitioners and thought leaders will share their ideas and experiences. But if you yearn for more than the usual sit and listen conference, we are providing for an unusual experience for Wednesday, June 23. With the new MESA Unconference, you can directly engage and learn about topics that you pick - and get answers to your most pressing challenges. I have gone from the guy throwing out ideas to accepting the challenge of Unconference Director for the event. I am enthused about bringing something new to manufacturing conferences--something that will raise the energy level and intensity of discussion.
At the Unconference, you can share and learn in an open, participatory environment. It is an intense multi-discussion, multi-room event with no script. Bring your ideas and desires to interact with peers - and test the brains and bounds of the MESA community. Anyone with something to contribute or with the desire to learn is invited and welcome!
In this "confer and conquer" environment, you can present ideas or questions and discuss operations topics with other practitioners and subject matter experts in the spirit of MESA's mission - to provide an environment for the sharing of best practices. Leading industry experts, including members of the MESA Technical Committee, will be on hand to help facilitate discussions.
What kinds of topics? Here's an example from a major battery manufacturer - how to deal with the challenges of operational excellence in an ultra high-volume production environment. Other ideas include ISA-95 implementations, cloud computing, virtual machines, Lean in process production environments, and much more.
Do you have an idea for a topic for discussion on Wednesday? Send me an email at gmintchell@automationworld.com.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Participate at the MESA Conference
The first way is to present a formal talk, sharing your knowledge and best practices. We are accepting abstracts through Monday April 12. You'll be in good company - and will share the conference stage with nationally-recognized keynotes and industry leading session speakers!
MESA is looking for the best, most quantifiable case studies and real world presentations on the following topics:
- Tying Operational Metrics to Financial Metrics
- Real-Time Enterprise
- Quality & Compliance
- Asset Performance Management (APM)
- Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
- Lean
- Sustainability
- Focus on how your operations management / plant-wide IT systems support implementation of one or more key initiatives. Subject matter may range from planning and implementation to challenges and results.
- Feature Manufacturer/Producer presenters or a joint presentation between a Vendor & Manufacturer / Producer.
Have we missed something? Do you have another topic relevant to industrial companies that isn't listed here - interoperability, SOA in Manufacturing, Industrial BPM, or others? If so, please submit the topic for consideration. MESA is working to facilitate knowledge-sharing on as many of the right topics as possible and we are open to your ideas.
Click here to submit an abstract.
Unconference
If putting a formal presentation together isn't your desire but you still feel like adding in your experiences or engaging speakers and other attendees in greater depth about a topic, the the Unconference program is just for you. Too many presentations can dull your senses. Sometimes you'd like to ask more questions of the speakers and there's no time. Sometimes you see others that share your problems, and you'd like to connect with them.
Rather than hope for a chance meeting in the hallways, MESA has set aside time in the program especially for these meetings. Called an Unconference, attendees can suggest topics they'd like to discuss in more detail. People will self-select into one of these sessions that are led by the attendees themselves with the help of a MESA facilitator. These are all the rage in Silicon Valley. MESA is bringing the concept to manufacturing and production executives.
If you'd like to submit a topic for an Unconference session, please send an email to conference@mesa.org or gmintchell@automationworld.com.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Details Align for Upcoming MESA Conference
On Monday, prior to the conference, MESA will be hosting workshops addressing best practices in:
- Metrics-driven approaches with findings from the new MESA Research Project
- Eco-efficiency and sustainability in manufacturing
- Improving operations through our Strategic Initiatives covering lean, product lifecycle management, real-time enterprise, asset management, plus quality and compliance.
Then on Monday evening, you'll want to attend the Welcome Reception and Keynote Address featuring Lou Holtz. The famed college football coach and TV sports analyst will present his Game Plan For Success. His message transcends athletics. It resonates - even to those who aren't sports-minded. The focus is on people and the values that make relationships and organizations excel. Once heard, you will have no doubt why Lou Holtz is considered a legendary team leader and speaker on achievement.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Improving Plant and Business Performance Webcast
Here's a learning opportunity through a MESA Webcast on Tuesday April 13 at 11 am EDT. Speakers will address the question, how can a production company continue to improve its financial results in the face of a global economic crisis? This webcast will provide views from both a processor and a discrete manufacturer that have done that, as well as the MESA research perspective from a recent study Correlating Plant Performance with Business Performance.
Some of the questions that will be addressed:
- What differentiates companies that have improved their business performance from others (hint: it has nothing to do with size, location, or type of product)
- Why OEE is useful, but not adequate to ensure business gains
- What metrics the leaders focus on improving
- How one industrial company has continued to grow its margin despite a desperate decline in revenues
- How a processor improved its earnings (EBITDA) by over 10% on average during the years of the downturn
- How consistent metrics and visibility can improve performance
The moderator is Khris Kammer, Sr. Information Solutions Consultant, Rockwell Automation, and MESA Technical Committee Chair.
Speakers are:
- Julie Fraser, Principal Industry Analyst, Cambashi, Inc., and MESA Metrics Working Group Chair
- George Strodtbeck, Executive Director, Cummins, Inc.
- Lars Wallstén, Head of Performance Systems, Linde
You must first register to attend this event. There is no cost to attend. MESA members and non-members are welcome to participate in the live webcast; however, only Premium members of MESA will have access to the recording and PowerPoint slides.
After registering, you will receive an e-mail confirmation message that will include the dial-in teleconference information as well as the link you will need to participate in the webcast. You will also receive a reminder e-mail.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Exciting Plans for MESA North American conference
The MESA 2010 North American Conference will take attendees deep into some of the most pressing challenges industry faces today and, more importantly, into the Best Practices and actionable steps companies can take RIGHT NOW to meet those challenges. Meet with peers, MESA Working Groups, solution providers, and industry thought leaders to share your experiences and to learn from those of others on the road to Operations Excellence.
Particularly noteworthy is that the conference will be hosted by Ford Motor Company in the backyard of their corporate headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. The main conference location is the Ford Conference and Event Center. Ford has long been committed to being operationally excellent and is one of the world's most advanced users of Information Technology (IT) solutions in their plants and across their global enterprise. They know the importance of manufacturing to the global economy, and MESA is honored to bring our membership and conference to the U.S. Midwest to engage the best-and-brightest minds in industry in Ford's hometown.
However, this is NOT an automotive-only conference or even a conference just for discrete manufacturers. MESA represents the interests of manufacturers and producers across the industrial landscape from discrete to batch and mixed mode to continuous process environments, and the conference will, too. Embracing the intersection of technology and human capital to pursue Operations Excellence, taking costs out of your operations, managing asset performance, or building a Real-Time Enterprise spans all manufacturers and producers in all industries; so, we invite practitioners from all industries and experience levels to join us in Dearborn, MI for the MESA 2010 North American Conference.
The conference will open Monday, June 21, 2010 with an evening reception and Keynote Speaker. (Pre-conference training sessions are planned for Monday afternoon, and more information on the topics and times will be posted shortly.) Tuesday, June 22, will be a full-day of general sessions, networking opportunities and Strategic Initiative Workouts/Wednesday, June 23, will feature a similar structure to Tuesday but a shorter schedule of events.
The Workouts will be lead by MESA Working Group leaders and will follow end-user presentations on the subject. Specific speakers and subjects will be updated as slots are filled but will center around the following topics:
* Tying Operational Performance Metrics to Financial Metrics
* Real-Time Enterprise
* Quality & Compliance
* Asset Performance Management (APM)
* Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
* Lean
* Sustainability
* Reducing Operational Costs
Click here to register.