Honeywell POMS partners with Taylor Manufacturing Systems to provide integrated manufacturing scheduling and execution for healthcare and CPG manufacturing
<%=company%>, a business of Honeywell Hi-Spec Solutions, today announced the signing of an OEM partnership agreement with Taylor Manufacturing Systems, a leading supplier of advanced production scheduling software.
The agreement allows Honeywell POMS to offer the Taylor Scheduler, the core engine of the Taylor Enterprise Scheduling System (TESS*), as part of the POMS MES™ and POMS CMS™ solution suites with real-time integration to the production floor. It continues the Honeywell POMS commitment to offering comprehensive solutions for the healthcare, clinical, and consumer packaged goods (CPG) industries, addressing all facets of the manufacturing process.
"Integrated plant floor scheduling provides a strategic advantage for users of POMS MES and CMS solutions," said Wayne Castner, COO of Honeywell POMS and Vice President of Honeywell Business.FLEX™ Solutions. "It allows our customers to improve productivity and handle increased complexity."
"Taylor Manufacturing Systems' world-class products and experience in regulated industries make them a perfect complement to our industry-leading POMS solutions."
The Taylor Scheduler brings a powerful, high-performance scheduling engine, graphical Gantt chart, multi-plant capabilities, and real-time drag-and-drop scheduling to the POMS suite. Built-in "what-if" capabilities and production performance versus plan measurements allow users to evaluate manufacturing options and report on plant performance to schedule.
Integration of the Taylor Scheduler with POMS MES and CMS will allow schedule changes to be communicated in real time to the plant floor, and will provide the scheduler with instant visibility to order and resource status. Schedule decisions can be made rapidly, with the confidence that a realistic and optimal solution has been chosen. POMS MES and CMS then ensure that the schedule is executed promptly and precisely, and that all activities maintain compliance with regulatory requirements.
"The Taylor Scheduler is designed to be integrated with real-time manufacturing management systems like POMS," said Neil Taylor, President and CEO of Taylor Manufacturing Systems. "The real-time feedback link between the two systems greatly improves the accuracy and performance of both POMS and the Taylor Scheduler, shortening production times and increasing manufacturing flexibility for our customers. Together, Honeywell and Taylor offer the healthcare, clinical, and CPG industries a manufacturing management and scheduling solution that is second to none."
About Taylor Manufacturing Systems
Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, Taylor introduced its first client-server factory scheduling application in 1995 and has implemented a TESS solution at over 100 sites, including Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Novartis Pharma AG, Huhtamaki-Van Leer Corporation, Alcan Cable, GE-Harris Canada, PROLEC-GE, Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, Chicago Bridge & Iron, American Technical Ceramics, Kyocera International, AIWA, Duron Paints, and Menasha Corporation. TESS is designed for full integration with MRP II, ERP and MES systems, the Taylor Operator Panel module, and other shop floor data collection and management systems. For additional information, call 770-368-4999 or visit www.taylor.com.
About Honeywell POMS
The POMS portfolio of manufacturing solutions spans the product lifecycle from research and development, through scale-up/pilot production, to manufacturing—from discovery to finished goods warehouse. Honeywell POMS solutions are typified by eXceleration™, a customer-based focus on the enhancement of manufacturers' ability to accelerate innovation across product development, manufacturing, and e-commerce, all under a common standard of excellence. eXceleration enables customers to "be smarter, go faster."
Honeywell POMS products are used by more than 15,000 people across 15 countries in industries including commercial and clinical pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, primary pharmaceutical chemicals, medical device, food, beverage, and personal care products. Customers include Baxter Healthcare, Boehringer Ingelheim, Aventis, Schering-Plough Research Institute, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals Research Institute, TNUVA Dairies, The J.M. Smucker Company, and R.P. Scherer. More information on POMS solutions can be accessed at www.poms.com.
About Hi-Spec Solutions, Industrial Control, Honeywell
Honeywell Hi-Spec Solutions provides value-based solutions that maximize revenue and profitability and enhance cash flow of production-centric companies. As a premiere provider of supply chain optimization, Hi-Spec Solutions helps companies maximize their profitability through an integrated approach to improving manufacturing performance, expanding asset capability, and enabling improved decision making across the supply chain. Hi-Spec Solutions is the advanced applications business group of Honeywell Industrial Control, the leading worldwide supplier of industrial automation solutions. The Hi-Spec Solutions website is at www.hispec.com.
Honeywell Industrial Control, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, is a $3 billion global leader in the supply of automation systems, advanced software solutions and value-added services used in a variety of industries including refining, petrochemicals, chemicals, oil and gas, pulp and paper, pharmaceutical, consumer packaged goods, and power generation. Industrial Control is also a leading global supplier of sensors, switches and control products for automotive, information technology, consumer, aviation and industrial applications. For inquiries, call 1-800-288-7491 or access http://www.iac.honeywell.com or www.honeywell.com/sensing.
Honeywell is a US$25-billion diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products; power generation systems; specialty chemicals; fibers; plastics; and electronic and advanced materials. The company is a leading provider of software and solutions and Internet e-hubs including MyPlant.com and MyFacilities.com, and it is a founding member of Cordiem, LLC, an aerospace industry business-to-business Internet exchange and applications service provider. Honeywell employs approximately 125,000 people in 95 countries and is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol HON, as well as on the London, Chicago and Pacific stock exchanges. It is one of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average and is also a component of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. Additional information on the company is available on the Internet at www.honeywell.com.
Source: Honeywell POMS
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