Production Intelligence--Improving Production by Filling a Traditional Gap
Olin Thompson - May 29, 2004

Introduction

In most plants, a systems gap exists between the corporate systems (ERP, SCM, CRMS, etc.) and the plant systems (MES, LIMS, maintenance, etc.) As with any integration gap, the value of both sets of systems cannot be fully leveraged without integration. We are seeing a relatively new set of applications aimed at both integrating the plant and corporate systems plus providing an integrated view not available from either set of systems. Production intelligence is improving plant operations...