Serving up better business performance - SOA becomes conduit for shop-floor to top-floor intelligence networks

摘要

Seeking better insight to plant-floor performance, Premier Manufacturing Corp. instigated a system under which employees filled out production cards that administrative personnel then keyed into analysis systems. The logic was simple. "Manufacturers in America face stiff competition from overseas, so we have to get smarter about making ourselves more competitive," explains Dave Barna, CFO for the Cleveland-based manufacturer of fabricated wire products for the heating, ventilating, and air conditioning industries. "We were making business decisions based on limited information. We wanted better visibility into what was really happening on the shop floor."