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Predictable Manufacturing: The Benchmark for Success in Food Manufacturing
by John Clemons, EnteGreat

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Paper Overview
The goal of this white paper is to describe some basic challenges that face the Food industry with respect to being demand-driven, and then to explain how a concept called Predictable Manufacturing provides a powerful solution to these challenges.  This paper includes:

• An overview of some specific challenges facing manufacturing companies in the food industry
• A description of the basics of this concept that EnteGreat calls Predictable Manufacturing
• What Operational Excellence and Agility really mean in this context, and how they are related to Predictable Manufacturing
• How information technology becomes a key enabler for Predictable Manufacturing
• The benefits that can come through achieving Predictable Manufacturing
• A prescription for how to move forward on these fronts

Paper Outline

• Introduction
• Challenges Facing Food Manufacturers
• The Basic Vision of Predictable Manufacturing
• Operational Excellence and Manufacturing Agility
  • The Five Core Tenets of Operational Excellence
  • The Five Core Tenets of Manufacturing Agility
• Information Technology as a Key Enabler
• A Prescription for Getting Started
  • Assessing Excellence
  • Assessing Agility
• Conclusion

About the Author
John Clemons, Vice President of EnteGreat, has over 23 years of experience in manufacturing, including work within the Food & Beverage, Consumer Products, Pulp & Paper, Steel, Specialty Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotechnology industries. John has spent his career working for industry-leading systems integrators and consultants, and he has done consulting work almost exclusively for Fortune 500 Companies. John's papers, industry press articles, and technical sessions have helped people throughout these industries gain a better understanding of manufacturing systems integration within the Enterprise IT environment. John has also co-authored the book "Information Technology for Manufacturing: Reducing Costs and Expanding Capabilities."

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