SOURCE: Aberdeen Group
September 09, 2008 14:39 ET
Global Manufacturing Operations Management: Best-in-Class Manufacturers Are Over 2.5 Times More Likely Than Other Manufacturers to Deploy a MOM Platform Across the Entire Global Manufacturing Network
BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - September 9, 2008) - The latest benchmark report by Aberdeen Group, a
Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS), "Global Manufacturing Operations
Management," has correlated specific business capabilities and technology
enablers to Best-in-Class operational performance. For the purposes of
this study, Aberdeen has evaluated and classified manufacturers based on
three key performance indicators: On-Time and Complete Shipments, OEE, and
Response Time to Non-Conforming Shipments. Best-in-Class manufacturers are
defined as the top 20% of performers in a weighted average across the
aforementioned three KPIs and results show that Best-in-Class performance
is:
-- 94% On-Time and Complete Shipments
-- 84% Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
-- 9.9 Hours Response Time to Non-Conforming Shipments
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As we put these research findings in context, Matthew Littlefield, a Senior
Research Analyst with the Aberdeen Group's Global Manufacturing Practice,
states, "Manufacturers are continually faced with the pressure to reduce
the total cost of manufacturing and the Best-in-Class are successfully
responding to this pressure in several distinct ways. First, the
Best-in-Class are taking a collaborative approach to deploying
Manufacturing Operations Management platforms, leveraging the expertise of
both Corporate IT and Line of Business Manufacturing." Littlefield adds,
"Second, and perhaps most importantly, the platforms deployed by the
Best-in-Class are considerably more likely to span the entire global
manufacturing network, as well as, provide visibility and automated work
flows to manage adverse events across assets, production, quality,
inventory, customers, and suppliers."
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