Build and Sustain a Culture of Supply Chain Excellence and Manufacturing Performance
How EnteGreat Helps Our Food and CPG Manufacturing Clients Achieve Their Goals Most companies have now embraced the concept of continuous improvement in manufacturing operations. Whether it is Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or some other approach to having a continuous improvement program, the program needs several key enablers for long term success. These enablers include information about production history, process history, manufacturing events, work center performance, crew performance, material performance, and genealogy, just to name a few. This information must be made visible and actionable for the people in the plant who need to see it, understand it, and act on it. Likewise, this information also must be available for short-term and long-term historical analysis, trending, charting, and reporting.
Supply chain excellence must be coupled with predictable manufacturing. Predictable manufacturing requires manufacturing agility and manufacturing excellence working together and built on the proactive management of manufacturing performance. Managing manufacturing performance happens when metrics and tools such as OEE and other key performance indicators are used to drive behaviors in the plant.
The pursuit of manufacturing performance should have goals of improving return on invested capital, lowering operating capital, attacking waste streams, protecting brands with manufacturing quality, and reducing variability. To be successful at performance management, plants need the tools and practices in place that not only drive improvement, but also sustain those gains. Enabling technologies, especially information systems, are a cornerstone for these programs.
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The Culture
Brand Equity and Extensions
Brand Loyalty
Increased Market Share and Shelf Space
Product Innovation as Strategic Growth Driver
Low Manufacturing Costs
Lower Labor, Material,
and Energy Costs
Reduced Rework
Lower Scrap
Higher Productivity
Manufacturing
Excellence
Lower Capital
Higher Productivity
Reduced Waste
Improved Performance
Manufacturing
Agility
Fast Changeovers
Process and
Asset Agility
HPWS Workforce
Inefficient Manufacturing
Low Capacity Utilization
High Labor Costs
Low Productivity
Low Yields and Efficiencies
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Manufacturing Costs
High Waste Streams
High Capital
Expenditures and
Working Capital
High Material, Labor,
and Energy Costs
