BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - April 7, 2009) - The latest research report from Aberdeen Group,
a Harte-Hanks Company (
NYSE:
HHS), "
A Platform Approach to
Manufacturing Operations Management," has correlated specific business
capabilities and technology enablers to Best-in-Class operational
performance. To obtain a complimentary copy of the report, visit
http://www.aberdeen.com/link/sponsor.asp?cid=5646.
For the purposes of this study, Aberdeen has evaluated and classified
manufacturers based on three important performance indicators: On-Time and
Complete Shipments, OEE, and Production Compliance. Best-in-Class
manufacturers are defined as the top 20% of performers in a weighted
average across the aforementioned three KPIs and results show that
Best-in-Class performance is:
*97% On-Time and Complete Shipments
*92% Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
*99% Production Compliance
Putting these findings in context, Matthew Littlefield, a Senior Research
Analyst with the Aberdeen Group's Global Manufacturing Practice, states,
"Manufacturers are continually faced with the pressure to create a
competitive advantage through manufacturing operations and the
Best-in-Class are successfully responding to this pressure in several
distinct ways. First, the Best-in-Class are taking a collaborative approach
to deploying a
Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) Platform.
Second the MOM Platforms being deployed by the Best-in-Class are
considerably more likely to span the entire manufacturing network. Finally,
the Best-in-Class are delivering more value at a lower cost to the
organization than their competition."
A complimentary copy of this report is made available due in part by the
following underwriters: Apriso, Intercim, and Plex.
For additional access to complimentary
Manufacturing
Research, please visit
http://research.aberdeen.com/index.php/-manufacturing.
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Contact Information: Media Contact:
Matthew Littlefield
Aberdeen Harte-Hanks
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Matthew.littlefield@aberdeen.com