Description

Logan Consulting assists clients in cost justifying, evaluating, selecting, and implementing Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES). By applying the extensive knowledge and experience of our dedicated staff, the end-result of this process will be a functioning, value-adding MES that provides management with real-time, accurate data to improve the decision making process. The tangible results of this decision making process are:

• Improved customer service in terms or delivery and order status
• Decreased manufacturing cycle time
• Reduced manufacturing costs

Additionally, a properly selected and implemented MES will facilitate increased visibility and ownership on the shop floor while providing planning and scheduling with data crucial to the development of achievable production schedules.

As with any information system implementation, project "success" is ultimately determined by achieving these values and realizing a positive ROI. By retaining Logan Consulting and our proven manufacturing process, MES, and project management experience, you greatly improve your chances for "success" at a reasonable cost.

Features

Logan Consulting services include the following proven features:

• Strategic IS Assessment services to ensure MES fits your companies IT strategy
• Cost Benefit Analysis methodology to ensure a profitable business case is made for the investment in MES software
• Proven MES evaluation and selection templates including RFI's, RFP's, and Functional Evaluations to ensure the package that best meets your needs and delivers against the profitable business case is chosen
• Implementation services focused on delivering value and addressing prioritized goals and opportunities
• A web-enabled GlobalToolkit used to manage project issues, actions, process, and procedures
• A searchable, web-enabled knowledge-base containing solutions from over 50 implementation projects

Impact

The combination of Logan Consulting's services and the resulting successful MES implementation benefits our clients' bottom lines through improved decision making in the back office and more cost-effective use of manufacturing resources and assets on the shop floor.

Links

• Manufacturing Execution Systems: www.mesa.org
• Amercian Society of Mechanical Engineers: www.asme.org
• American Productivity & Quality Center: www.apqc.org
• American Society for Quality Control: www.asqc.org
• ANSI-American National Standards Institute: www.ansi.org
• APICS - The Educational Society for Resource Management: www.apics.org
• Association for Manufacturing Excellence: www.ame.org
• Association for Manufacturing Technology: www.mfgtech.org
• Association of Information Technology Professionals: www.aitp.org
• Center for Inventory Management: www.inventorymanagement.com
• Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing International: www.cam-i.org
• Council of Logistics Management: www.cscmp.org
• International Organization for Standardization: www.iso.ch
• National Association of Manufacturers: www.nam.org
• Society for Information Management: www.simnet.org
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers: www.sme.org