The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Manufacturing Operations Management: ISA- 95 Best Practices Book 1.0 Charlie Gifford, Editor and Contributing Author Do you want to dramatically lower total cost of ownership (TCO) for manufacturing IT architectures and manufacturing, as well as reduce supply chain operational costs? The methodologies and technical applications presented in this first annual ISA-95/MESA Best Practices book will help get you started on the right track. This book provides in-depth coverage on how you can apply ISA- 95, Enterprise-Control Integration Standard, to help lower TCO of manufacturing operations management (MOM) systems and their enterprise and plant interfaces. It consists of a series of related “ how-to” white papers described in the context of ISA- 95 models, definitions, and data exchanges. For those who prefer an electronic version of this book, it is also sold separately in CD-ROM format.

Format: Softbound Book – 2007 ISBN: 978-0-9792343-9-2 ISBN: 978-1-9343942-1-2 (CD-ROM format only) Length: 240 pages; Weight 1 lb. Member: $95.00; List: $109.00 www.isa.org/isa95guide

 

The Road to Integration: A Guide to Applying the ISA- 95 Standard in Manufacturing Bianca Scholten This handy resource explains how to apply ISA- 95 in manufacturing enterprise systems (MES) and vertical integration projects, as well as reveals the most important ISA- 95 models and terminology. It is ideal for those just starting out who need to get up to speed on ISA- 95’s background information, but also for those who have some practical experience with ISA- 95 and require additional support in carrying out analyses to determine a specific company’s MES strategy and to define user requirements. If you develop MES functionality or realize interfaces based on ISA- 95, then this guide will help you understand and apply the ISA- 95 object models. Most important, the guide explains how to integrate ERP and MES systems using ISA- 95. It places ISA- 95 in the broader context of modern information exchange technologies and thus offers a complete picture for project managers, consultants, programmers, and information architects who want to integrate ERP and MES systems based on the international standard.

Format: Softbound Book – 2007 ISBN: 978-0-9792343-8-5 Length: 240 pages; Weight 1 lb. Member: $95.00; List: $109.00 www.isa.org/integration

What would you call IT integration projects that
had under a 50% success rate, took more than
two years on average, and rarely ever meet the
original requirements? The term “failure” would
be my top choice, yet this was the state of the art
in ERP-to-shop-floor integration projects prior
to the use of the ISA- 95 Enterprise/Control
System Integration standard and
B2MML, the WBF Business to
Manufacturing Markup Language.
These two standards have changed
the landscape of ERP-to-shop-floor
integration, transforming risky and
expensive integration projects into low
risk and affordable integration projects.
The payoff for these projects can be very
large, as manual and error prone processes are
replaced with near real-time automated data
transfers. Several companies have reduced their
final inventory by over 60%, freeing up hundreds
in millions of dollars for other investments. ERP
systems need massive amounts of data, and
much of that data comes from the shop floor.
When manual data entry and reconciliation
processes with long delays in data entry are
replaced with near real-time information, then
ERP reports and predictions can be used on
actual values instead of estimates.

Source: Dennis Brandl, from his Foreword in The Road to Integration: A Guide to Applying the ISA- 95 Standard in Manufacturing by Bianca Scholten.

 

ISA- 95 Manufacturing Enterprise Systems Standards and User Resources The new ISA- 95 Manufacturing Enterprise Systems Standards and User Resources CD-ROM compiles essential ISA manufacturing enterprise systems standards, notable reference books, chapters on “Automation Benefits and Project Justifications,” “Project Management and Execution,” and “Manufacturing Execution Systems & Business Integration” from A Guide to the Automation Body of Knowledge, 2nd Edition. Also included on the CD-ROM are seven ISA technical papers on manufacturing execution systems.

Format: CD-ROM ISBN: 978-0-9791330- 8-4 Member: $159.00; List: $499.00 www.isa.org/mesresource