The Instrumentation,
Systems and Automation Society recently announced the publication of "The
Hitchhiker's Guide to Manufacturing Operations Management: ISA-95 Best Practices
Book 1.0." Industry expert Charlie Gifford serves as the editor and a
contributing author of the resource.
The text shows the way
to dramatically lower total cost of ownership for manufacturing IT architectures
and manufacturing, as well as reducing supply chain operational costs. The
methodologies and technical applications presented in this ISA-95/MESA Best
Practices book will help professionals start out on the right track. This book
provides in-depth coverage on how the application of ISA-95, the
Enterprise-Control Integration Standard, to help lower costs of manufacturing
operations management systems and their enterprise and plant interfaces. It
consists of a series of related "how-to" white papers described in the context
of ISA-95 models, definitions and data exchanges.
The authors explain
the business cases for using evolving ISA-95 methods to effectively design,
implement, change and optimize the manufacturing operations management business
processes and supporting system architectures within the distributed pull supply
chains.
For more information
on this resource, or any of the resources that ISA offers, visit www.isa.org/books.
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(www.isa.org) is a leading, global,
nonprofit organization that is setting the standard for automation by helping
over 30,000 worldwide members and other professionals solve difficult technical
problems, while enhancing their leadership and personal career capabilities.
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