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Supply Chain-Centric Manufacturing Execution
by Mark Kovacs, EnteGreat

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Paper Overview
In today’s manufacturing environment, operational efficiencies, overall agility, supply chain performance, and adherence to stricter regulatory controls are the standard watch words of the industry. The days of paper-based manufacturing planning and execution are numbered as more progressive manufacturers look to leverage technology to reduce waste, streamline operations, and increase supply chain efficiencies. A major challenge facing manufacturers today is how to gain detailed visibility into their manufacturing processes and align those processes with overall Supply Chain execution.

The need for manufacturing to perform at a higher level of operational efficiency, agility, and responsiveness with respect to supply chain execution requirements will continue to escalate in the foreseeable future. Those companies that can incorporate manufacturing data and decisions in an accurate and timely manner as an integral part of their overall supply chain environment will be best positioned to outperform their competition. 

This paper explains why the ability to broadly deploy a mix of MES solutions (i.e. Supply Chain-Centric and Traditional) across the enterprise in a manner which optimizes total cost of ownership (TCO) and overall supply chain performance is becoming necessary for manufacturers to achieve their overall operational goals.

Paper Outline

• Introduction
• The Ever Changing Supply Chain
• The Great Abyss in the Supply Chain
• The Great Expedition (Associated with Traditional MES)
• Market Drivers for a Supply Chain-Centric MES
• The Process Model is the Key for Supply Chain Centric Manufacturing Execution
• Comparison of the Traditional MES and a Supply Chain-Centric MES
• Leveraging Benefits
• The Impact of Lean on MES
• Looking to the Future
• Conclusion

About the Author
Mark Kovacs has over 22 years of total experience with more than 10 years in the Life Science sector. As Director of Information Technology with a pharmaceutical company, Mark established both enterprise and manufacturing systems standards.

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