POMS Corporation Extends Manufacturing Solutions to e-Business Supply Chains with Web-Based Products
In today's fast-paced and highly competitive world, timely access to visual production performance information is critical to manufacturing executives, front-line managers, partners, distributors, and customers. POMS eKPI combines executive decision support technology to provide the manufacturing enterprise immediate visibility to Key Performance Indicators within and across all plants, so they can more effectively analyze performance and make decisions that drive continuous improvement and competitive advantage. POMS ePIC, the electronic Production Information Center, increases responsiveness by providing real time status and progress of orders to the entire E-Business supply chain.
POMS eKPI, Key Performance Indicators, provides plant management and corporate executives with visibility into common measures of manufacturing performance, enabling true enterprise collaboration. Manufacturing operations, quality, and supply chain executives are able to monitor and compare performance across manufacturing plants so they can make more informed and timely decisions on how to best service their customers at the lowest possible cost. Plant managers can constantly monitor key assets, bottlenecks, operations, and products to improve overall plant performance and respond more effectively to customers.
POMS ePIC helps build better relationships with customers and business partners by providing them with an easy-to-use, secured portal to the production information they need. POMS ePIC puts everybody with a stake in manufacturing production on the same electronic page. Production supervisors, plant management, clinical coordinators, distributors, and customers can view current production order status and respond more effectively to demand changes and unplanned disruptions.
"The industry's shift toward E-Business has heightened the need for product development and manufacturing operations information throughout the supply chain," said Seth Lucash, vice president of product strategy. "These products not only provide ideal tools that improve enterprise collaboration, but also deliver unparalleled power to drive continuous improvement initiatives which help manufacturers respond more effectively to customer demand."
Key features of POMS ePIC include:
- Interactive GANTT chart representation of production information
- Drill-down capability into corresponding allocated materials and asset status
- View electronic batch/device history records for completed orders
- Comprehensive security and control for posting production data to the Web
Key features of POMS eKPI include:
- Interactive KPI Scorecard presentation, ideally suited for analysis, of past and present performance
- Multi-Site enterprise views and plant specific views of Key Performance Indicators
- Library of pre-configured reports for mission-critical KPIs including Cycle Time, Yield, Schedule Attainment, Quality Measures, and Asset Utilization
- Summary enterprise data with Drill-Through to Detail capability
- Combine performance data from POMS MES and POMS CMS with data from other enterprise and plant systems
About POMS Corporation
POMS Corporation is a global leader in providing Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) for the healthcare products and consumer packaged good industries. The company's solutions reduce costs and cycle times within manufacturing and packaging operations by controlling and managing the production of products that are subject to stringent government and consumer quality requirements. POMS' products consist of comprehensive manufacturing functionality that can be implemented in a third of the time of traditional MES applications, ensuring fast time to benefit. POMS' products are used by more than 15,000 users across 15 countries in industries including commercial and clinical pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, primary pharmaceutical chemicals, medical device, food, beverage, and personal care products. POMS' customers include Baxter Healthcare, Boehringer Ingelheim, Hoechst Marion Roussel, TNUVA Dairies, The J.M. Smucker Company, and Cardinal Health. POMS can be reached on the web at www.poms.com.