Live Analysis Of Operations Management Benchmark Data Reveals Best-In-Class Manufacturing Strategies

Published 15th April 2008

Senior Analyst Matthew Littlefield to analyze Aberdeen Group’s operations management survey data live on the Web, attendees invited to perform own analysis on-line...

Spotfire, a division of TIBCO Software Inc., and Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks company, today announced they will jointly present a live analysis of the data behind Aberdeen’s benchmark Manufacturing Operations Management study. Matthew Littlefield, a senior manufacturing analyst for Aberdeen, will field questions and interact with the data live to illustrate technology and operational strategies that Best-in-Class manufacturers have pursued to outperform Industry Laggards. Attendees will have the unique opportunity to investigate how their companies’ particular operational approaches and technology roadmaps compare to Best-in-Class using a Spotfire on-line analytics tool, pre-loaded with the benchmark data.

Of the 250 manufacturers surveyed, 20% can be classified as Best-in-Class, these having achieved on average: 97% on time delivery, 89% overall equipment effectiveness and 97% raw material utilization. The data show these results to be associated with an emerging generation of manufacturing systems, with Best-in-Class twice as likely as others to deploy manufacturing analytics, and nearly three times more likely to provide real-time, role-based data visibility to decision makers. The presentation will not be slide-ware, but instead a visual, interactive dive into the data, allowing attendees to see, and analyze for themselves how their peers, by industry, geography, revenue etc. are adopting new technology to achieve Best-in-Class performance.

“Event-based, real-time, analytical systems that interoperate across maintenance, production, quality, inventory and financial systems are becoming critical for success, but they are also becoming easier to use and deploy. Given today’s technology landscape, Laggards have few excuses for not improving their competitive position” states Matthew Littlefield. “As a matter of fact, our presentation will leverage analytics to explore the benchmark results – laggards should take note.”

To register for the webcast, please visit:
http://goto.spotfire.com/aberdeenmom