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Manufacturing Systems Standards: An Overview
by Joe Stefani, EnteGreat

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Paper Overview
The need for standards is clear, but in order to be effective at addressing all of these issues, a standards program must have certain characteristics. Standards fail to serve their purpose or facilitate business performance when they are not comprehensive, current, or enforced. Most companies endorse the idea of standards, at least conceptually, because it is generally understood that standards help the business. However, the commitment and rigor needed to make standards a functioning reality is frequently absent. Standards must be employed holistically and adopted broadly, or they are subject to failure.

EnteGreat's series of five white papers on Manufacturing Systems Standards explains what a manufacturing systems standards (MSS) program should be, how it works, and how it generates value. The first paper in this series provides an overview.

Paper Outline

• Why MSS Is Needed
• Why MSS Is an Effective Approach
• How MSS Works
  • Begin with the use of Core Standards.
  • Review the collection of foundation templates.
  • Follow the governance plan.
  • Generate project requirements, project templates, and technology standards and templates.
• How MSS Creates Value

About the Author
Joe Stefani has over 25 years of broad-based consulting and implementation experience in successfully identifying and deploying value-added business and technology solutions for diverse domestic and international industrial clients, including; manufacturers of Pharmaceuticals, Specialty Chemicals, Food, Beverage, and Consumer Packaged Goods, Metals, Tire and Rubber goods, and Textiles.

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