I've been part of the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition since 2010. The SMLC is working to define an overarching operating system for manufacturing. I bet you are asking why we need to do that, and why can't we just use what we've got. Well, the answer ins't that simple.
In early October, I attented one of their meetings and during the course of it I was tweeting live.
Read what was covered in the meeting from my tweets below.
- #smlc Paul Borakowski from @ASQ keynotes #mfg #pauto
- #smlc Why did Columbus need 3 ships? Because it was expected that 1/3 of expedition would perish from scurvy.
- "You can always count on Americans to do the right thing after they've done everything else."Churchill Paul Borakowski @ASQ @smlc #pauto #mfg
- Borakowski @ASQ talks about the development of the Malcolm Baldrige Award. f#smlc #mfg #pauto #manufacturing
- @ASQ #smlc Borakowski: global resp, cnsumr awrenss, glbaliztion, incr rate chnge, wkforce, aging pop, 21Cent qual, innovtion:forces of change
- Borakowski: The highest successes in quality are outside the plant walls- between entities in the supply chain @ASQ #smlc #mfg #pauto
- Borakowski: why did it take almost 200 years for scurvy to be defeated? Science of diffusion of information. @ASQ #smlc #mfg #manufacturing
- Borawski @ASQ it's the science of diffusion of INNOVATION #smlc #pauto #mfg #manufacturing
- For its 25th anniversary, the Baldrige Award was defunded. Shame. Shame. 261% ROI and it was cut. Borawski @ASQ #smlc #mfg
- Cost of poor quality: 20% in manufacturing, 80% in health care, higher in government but nobody did the study. Borawski @ASQ #smlc #mfg
- #smlc Denise Swink, SMLC chair recaps yesterday and discusses objectives, approach, expectations and logistics #mfg #manufacturing
- #smlc Swink talks about the benefits of smart manufacturing from the various points of view expressed yesterday. #pauto #mfg
- #smlc SM Platform generally agreed architecture is sound, need glossary/taxonomy, open arch=new ideas/capability #pauto #mfg #manufacturing
- #smlc Creating an operating system for manufacturing, on the framework and apps model, using workflow components, templates as app metaphor.
- #smlc breakout session about test beds #mfg
- #smlc test beds should be production scale, not pilot scale... #pauto #mfg #manufacturing
- #smlc getting approval for a test bed requires answers for things like safety and security. #pauto #mfg
You'll be able to read more about the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition in my November 2012 editorial, titled "Connecting the Dots with Smart Manufacturing."
