PRODUCTION FLOOR OPTIMIZATION FOR COMPOSITE MATERIAL FABRICATORS - Basic Principles

Dr. Moshe BenBassat, Chairman and Founder, Plataine Inc.

 

Abstract

 

Tremendous growth in the demand for the fabrication of composite materials by sub-contractors within the aerospace and other industries has resulted in increased competition requiring improved supplier performance. Suppliers are being challenged to provide speedier responses to tenders, on time and most importantly - more competitive pricing.

Meeting these challenges takes great expertise, experience and a strong handle on current status. Conversely, failing to meet it costs time, money and customer dissatisfaction in an era where customers are more valuable than ever, and every dollar counts. Under these circumstances, managers find themselves spending a great amount of time planning and re-planning their production schedule, trying to get a grasp of inventory management, while facing everyday interruptions like machine breakdown, material shortages and others.

In many cases, modern software products for production floor optimization alleviate a significant part of these complexities, helping plant management achieve better customer service, higher material utilization, lower level of inventories, reduced costs and overall higher productivity.

 

This paper will address these challenges and will show how production and sales are intimately related, resulting in a need to create greater linkage between the two while streamlining and optimizing the process.

 

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