MESA International and Cambashi need more data to validate or unvalidate the initial results shown in this release. The details are below, and they need YOUR help. I support this survey and would hope that Tony Christian at Cambashi will get many more responses. This is critical support data for the idea that real-time operations management works, and also pays dividends.
Delayed Visibility of Metrics Inhibits Manufacturing Improvements
More Respondents Needed to Validate Initial Data from
MESA-Cambashi Study Pursuit of Performance Excellence
Chandler, Arizona, USA (November 10, 2011) – In most manufacturing companies, employees do not have visibility into performance to change outcomes during their work shift, or even at the end of it. In a presentation to the MESA European Conference, Cambashi’s Tony Christian provided a sneak peek based on the first 100 responses to the on-line survey, Pursuit of Performance Excellence: Business Success through Effective Plant Operations Metrics. In this early data set, two-thirds of respondents report that their companies show metrics to operators, line workers, supervisors and those managing plant operations on a daily or less frequent basis. In fact, only one in five respondents always provide line-level metrics to operators and technicians to make needed adjustments in their scope of control. The ongoing research study is being conducted by Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA) International and Cambashi.
The preliminary findings show that one reason few companies can show employees’ performance results quickly enough to change outcomes is that nearly two-thirds find it necessary to have an analyst cleanse the data prior to analysis, and over 70% find it time-consuming to analyze and set up the data for visualization. Further, 42% do not provide leading metrics that help to predict problems, but only lagging reporting of what has already happened.
Through November 14, MESA and Cambashi are seeking survey responses from companies in every country in the world and across all production industries. Manufacturers and producers who participate will receive the MESA 2010 Study Summary report Metrics that Matter Revisited, as well as the full findings report for this study when it is available, Pursuit of Performance Excellence. To respond and get this valuable information, anyone working for a manufacturing or production company can access the survey at http://bit.ly/oYWifJ.
Premium funding sponsors for the study are: Rockwell Automation (www.rockwellautomation.com), SAP AG (www.sap.com), Solarsoft Business Systems (www.solarsoft.com) and Tata Consultancy Services (www.tcs.com). Camstar (www.camstar.com) is a premium sponsor for semiconductor and medical device industry verticals. IQity Solutions (www.iqitysolutions.com) is a supporting sponsor. These companies have made a commitment to increase the manufacturing market’s understanding of best practices to pursue performance excellence and drive business improvement.