"Information Technology for Manufacturing", written by EnteGreat's Kevin Ake, John Clemons and Mark Cubine, takes a comprehensive look at the five major areas where IT systems can play a pivotal role in improving any company's manufacturing processes. Going beyond theory, the authors show how to ensure that IT investments bring a real payback to manufacturing companies.

Not all consulting and systems integration companies are equal when it comes to helping global manufacturers with the operations side of their business. Learn what AMR Research has to say about what is important in their recently released report: Services Providers in Manufacturing Operations: Who Has The Goods?

The ISA-88 Model provides one of the most powerful tools for modeling the plant and manufacturing operations. Many EnteGreat clients have adopted this modeling methodology as the standards-based tool set for defining their plant level and shop floor level assets and processes as well as operations processes.

The ISA-88 Model provides one of the most powerful tools for modeling the plant and manufacturing operations. Many EnteGreat clients have adopted this modeling methodology as the standards-based tool set for defining their plant level and shop floor level assets and processes as well as operations processes.

The ISA-95 Model is still in the process of being completed by the ISA S95 committee, but even in its current state, it is another valuable standards-based tool for planning, describing and designing the interfaces between plant centric systems and enterprise ERP systems.

GAMP was founded in 1991 by a core of pharmaceutical experts who were interested in meeting evolving FDA expectations for GMP compliance of manufacturing and related systems. Partnering with ISPE, GAMP has become the acknowledged expert body when it comes to computer system validation issues.

MIMOSA is a not-for-profit trade association dedicated to developing and encouraging the adoption of open information standards for Operations and Maintenance in manufacturing, fleet, and facility environments. There are several white papers available today.

The Open O&M Initiative involves multiple industry standards organizations collaborating to provide a harmonized set of information standards for the exchange of Operations and Maintenance (O&M) data. There are several white papers available today.

The SCOR Model is maintained by the Supply Chain Council. Our clients have found this model to be a very valuable tool and starting point for modeling the business processes in their supply chains, and designing improvements to those processes.

The World Batch Forum facilitates the efficient interchange of ideas and information; know-how that can be applied directly to make batch processing operations more profitable and more reliable. There are several white papers available.