MANUFACTURING PROCESS OPTIMIZATION

Life Sciences companies must continuously improve manufacturing optimization and quality management while ensuring that their manufacturing processes are compliant. This is difficult, however, due to conflicting priorities, daily emergencies, and fear of change. A solution that addresses both process optimization as well as compliance can help companies ensure better overall business performance improvement.

Solution
Applied Materials Medic MPO™  (Manufacturing Process Optimization) solution provides automation and statistical capabilities that help organizations achieve Lean six sigma production capabilities while maintaining compliance levels. Applied Materials Medic MPO integrates deep statistical capabilities with intelligent execution processes. Manufacturing Process Optimization allows companies to create min/max rules, dynamic routings, interplant replenishment policies and best of breed statistical methods to ensure that they are achieving the highest return on assets possible. Included in Applied Medic MPO are:

• Cornerstone DOE-a time tested, client-side Design of Experiment tool
• Fault Detection and Classification - Equipment health monitoring
• Real Time Dispatcher-dynamic routing based on equipment resource availability
• eKanban-flexible WIP management tool optimized for cost and availability
• Auto Scheduler- plant floor order optimization tool

Applied Materials Medic MPO provides proven benefits such as:

• Optimal return on Assets
• Reduced inventory and obsolescence costs
• Improved part availability
• Increased equipment utilization
• Decreased expediting costs

- Lora Cecere
AMR Research

-Simon Jacobson, Colin Masson
AMR Research