Sunday, May 30, 2010

Paper On Manufacturing Operations Mangement Published

MESA announces the publishing of MESA White Paper #28: "Lifecycle of Service Creation using the ISA-95 MOM." The white paper details the lifecycle of Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) Service creation using the ISA 95 MOM standard for services oriented architectures (SOA) for manufacturing. It discusses the process of decomposing the ISA 95 Part 3 core functions from the global and strategic levels of the manufacturing enterprise to the atomic level of the plant’s manufacturing operations. The outcome of this process is 1) the MOM atomic functions are mapped to manufacturing reusable Services across different manufacturing types or forms and 2) an MOM Functional Services Gap Analysis is applied to identify manufacturing automation and operations gaps.
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

The second part of the Unconference--an open-ended discussion on a topic of interest--will be a deep discussion of the metrics you need or use to measure performance for real-time correction.

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

There are two tracks on Wednesday morning, June 23 of the MESA International North American Conference where you can participate rather than sit back and listen to presentations. Leaders of these areas want active feedback and discussion from interested and knowledgeable thought leaders and practitioners of manufacturing operations management applications.

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 MESA International North American Conference June 21-23 in Dearborn, MI is shaping up nicely. Speakers and sessions have been defined and the learning opportunities abound. Much is practical advice you can use to move your organization ahead--making it more flexible, agile, productive and profitable.

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

Part of the MESA International North American Conference is the opportunity to sit with experts around a table and discuss problems, concerns, ideas and get your questions answered. One session will feature metrics--what you use, what others use, how to develop, how to measure. The other will go deep into best practices and answer questions about building your systems around ISA95.

Check out the agenda and conference details here. Come and be part of the conversation.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

MESA Conference Speakers Announced

Details are coming together for a great MESA International North American Conference. There are many opportunities to learn from practitioners who have implemented information systems in manufacturing--and from a couple of industry visionaries. Here's a sampling. Check out the Web site for details.

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:

  • Manufacturing Executive Speaker - Dave Klante, VP Engineering & Packaging; MillerCoors
  • Manufacturing Executive Speaker - Dr. Michael Heidingsfelder, Senior VP of Operations; Freudenberg-NOK
  • Manufactuirng Executive Speaker - Greg Augustine, VP Information Systems; Network Engines
  • Maufacturing Executive Speaker - Tim Easterly, VP Corporate Engineering; Keystone Foods
  • Manufacturing Executive Speaker - Bob Erb, VP of Operations; Biotronik
  • Manufacturing Executive Speaker - Miguel Angel Espinosa, Global MES COE Leader; Cordis, a Johnson & Johnson Company
  • Manufacturing Executive Speaker - Kevin Uhls, VP IT; GE Consumer & Industrial