| Manufacturing houses the world over have to deal | | | | changing market needs and scenarios. Using a BPM |
| with production and supply chain related issues, and | | | | solution to streamline a business' entire supply chain |
| this often calls for quick responses and timely | | | | network would help the business adapt to the latest |
| intervention clubbed with innovative approaches. Not | | | | trends, minimize wastage, and run on decreased |
| only does a manufacturing house have to deal with | | | | operating costs. |
| customers, but also with an array of distributors, | | | | Operations |
| suppliers, vendors, and its own workforce. While | | | | When it comes to the operational aspect of any |
| there have been various attempts in the past to | | | | manufacturing business, one of the most common |
| streamline production processes through the use of | | | | complaints involves the lack of synchronized data. If |
| various enterprise solutions, the results have been | | | | the operations part of a manufacturing house is not |
| quite mixed. This is mainly because the focus doesn't | | | | adequately integrated, it could very well lead to |
| always remain on the business' individual process | | | | inaccurate reporting of data, loss of man hours, |
| requirements. Business units are broken down into | | | | unnecessary inventories, inappropriate planning and |
| smaller assembly units and each use stripped down | | | | decision making, etc. With the help of an integrated |
| process modeling with limited interaction. | | | | BPM solution, one can expect to have access to all |
| Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) typically only | | | | information in real time. |
| support production routing, production processes, and | | | | Apart from the positives mentioned above, here are |
| instructions for the work to be done. Hence, MES | | | | some more reasons why a production house would |
| systems are focused only on production and are | | | | benefit by employing a BPM strategy. |
| unable to execute processes, integrate multivendor | | | | - Collaboration: In keeping common goals and running |
| applications or play a role in the planning, designing | | | | a unified platform a production house gives its |
| and building phase of manufacturing. | | | | ‘people' network a place where they can interact |
| BPM to the Rescue | | | | and collaborate. |
| Business Process Management tools cure this exact | | | | - Workflow: Integrating a business' technological |
| pain. It gives businesses the ability to fine tune | | | | aspects with the processes and the people behind |
| processes while eliminating any shortcomings, while | | | | the processes keeps a due check on prioritization, |
| also automating production processes in order to | | | | thereby ensuring a smooth workflow. |
| minimize errors and maximize reliability. Through | | | | - Transparency: Using a BPM solution would tell a |
| effective BPM implementation a production house can | | | | business exactly where and how its resources are |
| also utilize its assets to the fullest, thereby getting | | | | being used, and to what effect. |
| the most out of its existing manpower and | | | | Other benefits of using BPM solutions in production |
| equipment. Besides, in going the BPM way a | | | | industries include the ability to run processes in |
| production house would have the ability to extend its | | | | accordance to specific business needs; reducing the |
| channels of revenue, and this would also give the | | | | possibility of delays in the supply of materials; using |
| business an opportunity to gather pertinent customer | | | | automatic notifications to correspond within various |
| data from various points of sale. | | | | internal departments and with external sources like |
| Managing the Supply Chain | | | | customers, vendors, and suppliers; as well as the |
| Since this fast paced technological world that we | | | | ability to integrate one's existing range of applications |
| now live in calls for quick fire and accurate decision | | | | like SCM and ERP. |
| making while also maintaining visibility, it is important | | | | So do I see more manufacturing houses embrace |
| that businesses and their respective supply chain | | | | this technology in the time to come? Of course! |
| collaborators work in tandem by quickly adapting to | | | | |