Reference Models for Production Planning and Control Systems: A Bibliometric Analysis and Future Perspectives

The activity of modeling business processes is still not a common practice among organizations which contributes to increase the cost and time of systems deployment, improvement projects and educational software, due to the need to develop new models related to Business Processes. In this context, one of the Business Processes essential for organizations, especially those located in countries such as Brazil, where production activities are more pronounced than product development, is Production Planning and Control (PCP). In this scenario, in order to present a picture of scientific production, contribute to the literature review and identify gaps in the scientific literature within the framework of the Reference Models and PCP approach. This work aims to perform a bibliometric research in these areas of study. In this study, we used the bibliometric revision method composed of four phases: definition of database, definition of research keywords, selection of papers and analysis of papers. As a result, it was found that most scientific studies are focused on very specific situations in industrial planning or addressing particular business sectors

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): a review of the literature

This article is a review of work published in various journals on the topics of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) between January 2000 and May 2006. A total of 313 articles from 79 journals are reviewed. The article intends to serve three goals. First, it will be useful to researchers who are interested in understanding what kinds of questions have been addressed in the area of ERP. Second, the article will be a useful resource for searching for research topics. Third, it will serve as a comprehensive bibliography of the articles published during the period. The literature is analysed under six major themes and nine sub-themes

Análisis de requerimientos y diseño de modelo de datos para el desarrollo de una solución ERP vertical adaptada al sector cerámico

En la actualidad, los sistemas de información existentes, y en concreto los ERP, no pueden dar un soporte adecuado a la gestión de las empresas de fabricación de baldosa cerámica, debido, entre otros motivos, a que no contemplan la existencia del tono, calibre y calidad dentro de un mismo producto. Esta particularidad, ocasionada por la falta de homogeneidad del producto (FHP), genera diversas problemáticas en la gestión del producto a través de los diferentes procesos de la empresa, como por ejemplo; la gestión de stocks, la gestión de pedidos de venta, la gestión de producción, etc. Así pues, se hace necesario el desarrollo de una solución ERP que sea capaz de gestionar el producto cerámico de forma adecuada, incluyendo tono, calibre y calidad. En este trabajo se analizan los requerimientos del sector cerámico, en cuanto a la identificación de los productos, y se propone un modelo de datos para dar respuesta a dichos requerimientos. El modelo se plantea como una guía básica para el desarrollo de soluciones ERP verticales adaptadas al sector cerámico.Oltra Badenes, RF.; Gil Gómez, H.; Bellver López, RA.; Asensio Cuesta, S. (2013). Análisis de requerimientos y diseño de modelo de datos para el desarrollo de una solución ERP vertical adaptada al sector cerámico. Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio. 52(2):63-70. doi:10.3989/cyv.82013637052

Development of a universal enterprise model for multi-country manufacturing systems analysis

The shortcomings of the existing Enterprise Architectures (EAs) observed during the field studies in Australia, China and India is the primary motivation for this research. Each organisation is unique in its own way. A universal enterprise model needs to capture the commonalities at the core and provide the flexibility to allow differences to exist. EA’s are fundamentally driven by the People and their sphere of influence. This thesis presents five such different micro-architectural views (sometimes called sub-models) of EAs and integrates them into a macro-architecture with the given name – “Pentatomic Organisations” that can be used to describe enterprises in the 21st century universally. These five micro-architectural views are unified and universal with People in their core that manifests different attributes and characteristics to the organisations. Pentatomic organisations (PO’s) have a simple, flexible and dynamic EA understood by, and can be communicated to, all in the organisation using common language. A strategy driven organisation creates, maintains, improves and/or decommissions an enterprise during its lifecycle phases for governance and to satisfy its customers. The first and the foremost micro-architectural view of the PO is the People-Centric Model (PCM) that recognises the pervading presence of people at all levels of the organisation irrespective of their roles, functions and relationships. This sub-model has got a layered and flexible architecture pivoted on people skills flanked by resource and information on either side. The EA in PCM is a closed-loop feedback system with customer and strategy. The second micro-architectural view in PO is the Molecular Model (MM). It describes how individual outputs are created by combining skills, resources and information. By drawing an analogical comparison between humans to atoms this sub-model shows how a human atom interacts with another in a business transaction. The third sub-model is the Kaizen-Lean Six Sigma Model (KLSSM). This micro-architectural view demonstrates how ‘Continuous Improvement’ as a philosophy is so vital for any organisation intending to survive under the turbulent business environment today. The fourth micro-architectural view is the Globally Dispersed Model (GDM). This micro-architectural view represents the typical features of a truly geographically dispersed manufacturing outfit in a globalised world. This sub-model also subscribes to the principles of a human-centered and eco-friendly approach to addresses sustainable manufacturing. The fifth and the last micro-architectural view is the Disaggregated Value Chain Model (DVCM). It describes how a value chain is getting disaggregated into a human network of networks in a flat world today. It also demonstrates how individual sphere of influence interacts in a dynamic business environment. The thesis also provides a process by which an industry, manufacturing or service, may choose to adopt any of the five new EA micro-architectural views, or a combination thereof to address and embrace change that is inevitable in today’s business environment. The Pentatomic Organisation could help industries to “sense and respond” to complex external business environment as a vehicle to change people’s roles and functions by allocating timely resources to them and utilising information/data driven decision making process in lightning speed

Analysis of manufacturing operations using knowledge- Enriched aggregate process planning

Knowledge-Enriched Aggregate Process Planning is concerned with the problem of supporting agile design and manufacture by making process planning feedback integral to the design function. A novel Digital Enterprise Technology framework (Maropoulos 2003) provides the technical context and is the basis for the integration of the methods with existing technologies for enterprise-wide product development. The work is based upon the assertion that, to assure success when developing new products, the technical and qualitative evaluation of process plans must be carried out as early as possible. An intelligent exploration methodology is presented for the technical evaluation of the many alternative manufacturing options which are feasible during the conceptual and embodiment design phases. 'Data resistant' aggregate product, process and resource models are the foundation of these planning methods. From the low-level attributes of these models, aggregate methods to generate suitable alternative process plans and estimate Quality, Cost and Delivery (QCD) have been created. The reliance on QCD metrics in process planning neglects the importance of tacit knowledge that people use to make everyday decisions and express their professional judgement in design. Hence, the research also advances the core aggregate planning theories by developing knowledge-enrichment methods for measuring and analysing qualitative factors as an additional indicator of manufacturing performance, which can be used to compute the potential of a process plan. The application of these methods allows the designer to make a comparative estimation of manufacturability for design alternatives. Ultimately, this research should translate into significant reductions in both design costs and product development time and create synergy between the product design and the manufacturing system that will be used to make it. The efficacy of the methodology was proved through the development of an experimental computer system (called CAPABLE Space) which used real industrial data, from a leading UK satellite manufacturer to validate the industrial benefits and promote the commercial exploitation of the research

Design and realisation of an integrated methodology for the analytical design of complex supply chains

Supply chain systems are inherently complex and are dynamically changing webs of relationships. Wider product variety, smaller production lot sizes, more tiers and different actors involved in coordinated supply chains also cause supply chain complexity and presents major challenges to production managers. This context has led modern organizations to implement new supply chain paradigms and adopt new techniques to support rapid design, analysis and implementation of the new paradigms. The present research focuses to develop an integrated methodology which can support the analytical design of complex supply chains. [Continues.

The potential role for social media to improve agility in South African fashion industry supply chains.

Master of Commerce in Supply Chain Management. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg 2015.With growing competition from international brands and increasing volatility, South African apparel companies have recently made significant efforts to improve their supply chain agility. Companies operating in this industry thus continue to seek ways to improve the flexibility and responsiveness of their supply chains. An insight into new technologies that could assist with these improvements could prove beneficial for South African brands to reach international benchmarks for agility. While academic literature on the subject is increasing but still limited, social media are growing in popularity, internationally, as technological tools that can facilitate visibility and responsiveness of extended supply chains. Studies on the use of social media in South African firms are currently largely focused on their use in marketing, with none identified on their potential or current usage in supply chain management. The Agile Supply Chain Framework, which was developed by Harrison, Christopher and Van Hoek in 1999, was used to guide the study. The four characteristics of agility: market sensitivity, virtual integration, process integration and network based management, as identified by the framework, were used to analyse if there is potential for social media to increase agility in the South African fashion industry. Qualitative research methods were used for the study. A case study approach was implemented and data was collected using in-depth interviews involving eight participants involved in the supply chain of one of South Africa’s top apparel retailers. Data was analysed using thematic analysis. The results from the analysis reflected that the uses of social media in the supply chain are minimal, with one tool, Whatsapp surfacing as the most widely used in the Supply Chain and Logistics department. While management were mostly supportive of the introduction of social media in the organisation for supply chain management purposes, concerns were raised about issues such as the lack of security of information and the possibility of losing productivity amongst employees. However, despite these concerns, a substantial number of participants indicated that they would be willing to adopt social media if they were aware of other tools that could benefit their organisation

Semantic discovery and reuse of business process patterns

Patterns currently play an important role in modern information systems (IS) development and their use has mainly been restricted to the design and implementation phases of the development lifecycle. Given the increasing significance of business modelling in IS development, patterns have the potential of providing a viable solution for promoting reusability of recurrent generalized models in the very early stages of development. As a statement of research-in-progress this paper focuses on business process patterns and proposes an initial methodological framework for the discovery and reuse of business process patterns within the IS development lifecycle. The framework borrows ideas from the domain engineering literature and proposes the use of semantics to drive both the discovery of patterns as well as their reuse

Méthodologie de transformation leagile en développement de produits pour l'industrie du luxe

Les entreprises de l industrie du luxe sont aujourd hui soumises à une pression constante de la part des marchés pour développer et produire une plus grande variété de nouveaux produits dans des délais toujours plus courts. Néanmoins, cela doit se réaliser en répondant tout à la fois aux critères fondamentaux de l industrie tels que concevoir l unique, réaliser l extravagance et rendre le produit à son plus haut niveau de qualité. L amélioration des processus de développement de produits par les paradigmes du lean et de l agilité connus sous le terme leagility peut apporter des réponses à ces défis. Poursuivis conjointement, les objectifs du lean et de l agilité se focalisent d une part sur l élimination des gaspillages tout en créant un flux continu sur la chaîne de valeur et d autre part, se concentrent sur une réponse proactive face à la demande des marchés. Cependant, considérant la multiplicité de techniques et d outils leagiles, il n est pas simple pour une organisation de sélectionner les initiatives de transformation les plus performantes ainsi que les activités à réaliser afin de répondre efficacement aux besoins d amélioration spécifique relatifs aux objectifs stratégiques de l entreprise. Définir, déployer et piloter un plan de transformation cohérent par rapport à la vision de l organisation et considérant son niveau de maturité d adoption des bonnes pratiques en développement de produits requièrent une rigueur et une implication soutenue des membres de l organisation ainsi qu une vision claire des objectifs à atteindre lesquels s illustreront par des résultats tangibles et mesurables. Reconnaissant cette difficulté industrielle, cette thèse propose une méthodologie de transformation leagile en développement de produits permettant de conduire la transformation d une organisation sur tout son cycle de vie allant de l initialisation de la vision jusqu au pilotage des initiatives d amélioration leagiles de manière incrémentale. En d autres termes, l approche soutient les utilisateurs et les guide dans la conduite d un diagnostic de maturité, dans la sélection des leviers d amélioration appropriés, dans le choix des outils et des techniques d amélioration associés ainsi que dans la construction et dans le déploiement d un plan d intervention reposant sur une séquence détaillée d activités prenant en compte les bonnes pratiques de la conduite du changement..Luxury industry companies are subjected to constant pressure from markets to develop and produce more varieties of new products in shorter delays. Nevertheless, this must be realized without compromising fundamental criterion such as designing unique products, developing extravagance, achieving top quality level and renewing the offering while, at the same time, retaining the brand image and elitism of the product. Lean and agile concepts, known by the term leagility , offer potential answers for facing these challenges and to improve product development processes . Pursued together, lean and agile objectives focalize on waste elimination while creating a continuous flow on the value chain. However, considering the large number of leagile techniques and tools, it is not easy for an organization to select the most efficient transformation initiatives and the most adequate activities to be implemented to meet achieve their strategic objectives. Defining, deploying, and steering a consistent transformation plan in line with the organisation s vision and its level of maturity in terms of adoption of best practices calls for rigour and considerable involvement of the organisation members, as well as a clear vision of the objectives to be achieved. This thesis proposes a leagile transformation methodology for guiding industrials in a product development organisation transformation along its entire life cycle from the definition of a clear vision to the deployment of leagile improvement initiatives. The proposed approach supports users in conducting a maturity diagnostic, in selecting appropriate levers for improvement, in choosing related tools and related improvement techniques with the aim of constructing, and rolling out a transformation plan which relies on change management best practices.PARIS-Arts et Métiers (751132303) / SudocSudocFranceF

Identificación de tendencias de los Sistemas Integrados de Gestión Empresarial. Análisis funcional y diseño de herramientas para el desarrollo de un ERP vertical adaptado al sector cerámico

Durante la última década, los avances en las Tecnologías de la Información han tenido un enorme efecto sobre el entorno empresarial. La aparición de rápidas redes de comunicación, hardware extremadamente potente y software de gran versatilidad, todo ello conectado entre sí a escala mundial, ha permitido a las organizaciones desarrollar de forma más eficaz sus productos y servicios y comercializarlos en menos tiempo. Estos cambios han marcado la transición entre la era industrial y la era de la información, en la que todo está conectado y funciona de un modo más rápido y dinámico. En este contexto, la información y el conocimiento son elementos fundamentales para generar valor y riqueza. Se considera que la información es un recurso que se encuentra al mismo nivel que los recursos financieros, materiales y humanos, que hasta el momento habían constituido los ejes sobre los que había girado la gestión empresarial. Si la teoría económica tradicional mantenía el capital, la tierra y el trabajo como elementos primarios de estudio, la información se ha convertido, ahora, en el cuarto elemento a gestionar. De esta forma, los sistemas de información para la gestión de empresas se han convertido en un factor clave en el desarrollo empresarial, imprescindibles para lograr objetivos estratégicos de negocio. Estos sistemas se han visto obligados a evolucionar drásticamente en los últimos tiempos, y están en continuo proceso de mejora, debido a los incesantes cambios del entorno, cada vez más complejo y cambiante. Por ese motivo los principales fabricantes de sistemas de información para la gestión de empresas dedican gran parte de sus recursos a la investigación, desarrollo e innovación de dichos sistemas. En consecuencia, se considera importante estudiar cómo pueden evolucionar estos sistemas en un futuro cercano y cómo van a integrar los cambios tecnológicos que se están dando y se prevé que se van a dar en cuanto a las TIC�s. Esto puede afectar en gran medida, tanto a los fOltra Badenes, RF. (2012). Identificación de tendencias de los Sistemas Integrados de Gestión Empresarial. Análisis funcional y diseño de herramientas para el desarrollo de un ERP vertical adaptado al sector cerámico [Tesis doctoral]. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/16003Palanci