Demand-Driven Manufacturing
Profitably deliver what the customer wants, when they want
it-and do it at a competitive price.
Manufacturers are finding it is very difficult to deliver what
their customers want, when they want it, and to do so in the most
efficient, cost-effective manner possible. To address the
challenge, investments are being made in various technologies to
anticipate, view, and shape demand, as well as to more effectively
orchestrate the supply network. While these tools help align and
coordinate the various components of the supply network, they do
little to help improve overall manufacturing operations.
"Becoming a demand-driven manufacturer requires rethinking
integration of manufacturing into enterprise and supply network
business processes, the right metrics, and enterprise manufacturing
intelligence and agile execution architectures."-Simon
Jacobson, Senior Research Analyst, AMR Research Inc.
The business processes involved in the supply network, from
customer demand to product delivery (click image to
enlarge)
AspenTech is a recognized leader in the process industries for
its process optimization solutions and its ability to provide
manufactures the "real-time," relevant, and actionable information
they need to continuously improve manufacturing operations. In
addition, our integrated solutions allow you to quickly integrate
manufacturing into enterprise and supply network business processes
and realize the value of being a demand-driven manufacturer.
AspenTech Enables Demand-Driven
Manufacturing
AspenTech solutions provide plant operators and management with
the information and intelligence they need to:
- Create a plant production schedule that optimizes the many
trade-offs associated with competing business objectives such as
high customer service, low inventories, minimal setup and
changeover cost, high asset utilization, and optimal raw material
utilization
- Better understand, manage, control, and optimize process
operations to ensure consistent batches of high-quality product at
the lowest total cost possible
With AspenTech solutions you can improve the performance and
profitability of your plant operation and achieve manufacturing
excellence.
- Plan, schedule, and make day-to-day/minute-by-minute operating
decisions in a manner that optimizes the various operational and
business trade-offs
- Capture "real-time" data from many disparate sources throughout
the operational and planning environment (ERP, lab and quality
systems, shop floor control systems, etc.)
- Visualize, monitor, and analyze the "real-time" data from both
an operations and a business perspective
- Visualize and present "real-time," relevant, and actionable
information to the user based on their role and in a manner that
provides just the information they need to make better decisions
and take immediate action to correct the issue before it is out of
compliance
- Rapidly communicate production information to the ERP system as
well as the Supply, Inventory, and Distribution Planning
solutions
- Electronically capture, manage, monitor, and enforce the
execution of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and recipes
- Automatically capture product genealogy (tracking and
tracing)
- Analyze historic and "real-time" data to identify continuous
process improvement opportunities
- Monitor and control plant utilities to help minimize energy
consumption and improve operational sustainability
Benefits include:
- Improve customer service
- Improve throughput and operational agility
- Improve production yields and quality
- Reduce equipment downtime and increase availability
- Improve sustainability
- Reduce energy consumption, emissions, and carbon footprint
- Support "green" initiatives that minimize raw material usage
and waste
- Improve compliance to health and safety regulations
- Reduce product liability risks
- Increase inventory turns and improve profitability
AspenTech's solutions for building a demand-driven enterprise
enable you to manage these key business processes:
- Plant
Scheduling -- Significantly improve plant utilization and
optimize the use of production resources, including equipment,
personnel and raw materials.
- Production Management
& Execution -- Significantly improve plant utilization and
optimize the use of production resources, including equipment,
personnel and raw materials.
- Energy Management -- Reduce operating expenses and support
"green" initiatives, reduce your carbon footprint by reducing and
better managing energy consumption.