The manufacturing process is a complex one that can be impacted by many factors: supplies, equipment, factory overhead, the need for special parts, and the people who work at all points in the process ...

The concept of hybrid AI in PM, highlighting the connections between the various components of hybrid AI tools for PSE (left), the four selected PM topics (middle), and examples of problems (right) ...

Increased agility, flexibility, visibility, efficiency, productivity, safety — all are lofty goals that process manufacturing companies would like to attain. Yet, optimization in any of these areas is ...

At its core business process management is the administrative activities aimed at (1) defining a process, (2) establishing responsibilities, (3) evaluating process performance and (4) identifying ...

U.S. food manufacturers face a lot of challenges today. They must produce high-quality food products while using fewer ...

In nearly all regions and industries, markets for products reflect the impact of globalization. The tactic of competing on price is increasingly giving way to a wider range of factors—including ...

A "deviation" in manufacturing is when manufacturing steps are changed in some way from the set guidelines. Production guidelines are very detailed based on supply contract specifications, product ...

An ERP system for the process manufacturing industry from Oracle that runs on a variety of Unix-based computers. It provides more than a dozen integrated modules for research and development, ...

According to the big data analytics cover story in the November/December 2015 issue of InTech (www.isa.org/intech/20151201), "Manufacturing firms have the benefit and ...

Oracle is offering new capabilities in Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain & Manufacturing (SCM) to help organizations manage the unique requirements of process manufacturing. According to Oracle, the ...