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News Release from: Pelion Systems | Subject: Collaborative Flow Manufacturing 2.0 software
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 26 June 2002
Automating Lean Flow manufacturing
Detector Electronics uses software to significantly reduce line design and kanban calculation time.
Pelion Systems, a company specializing in automating lean flow manufacturing through software and services, today introduced Collaborative Flow Manufacturing 2.0 (CFM), a modular software suite designed exclusively to optimize demand-driven manufacturing processes Pelion's CFM software, currently installed at customer sites that include Detector Electronics Corporation (Detector) and Colorado MEDTech, has resulted in improved financial performance by reducing manufacturing cycle times, decreasing inventories and increasing factory productivity
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 28 Aug 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Pelion's CFM has significantly reduced Detector's line design and kanban calculation time.
"Pelion's CFM software was designed to provide manufacturing professionals with powerful tools to successfully drive and sustain their lean initiatives," said Tom Plunkett, president and CEO of Pelion.
"A significant number of manufacturers have lean initiatives underway, yet few have achieved their desired goals.
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Now, we have demonstrable results from customers that show that our software enables fast time-to-benefit and provides manufacturers with an extremely attractive return on investment by providing a visual factory design modeler, automating material replenishment signals both internally and to the supplier base and ultimately, enabling the demand-driven manufacturing operation." With the commercial release of CFM, Pelion enters the market led by a senior management team with decades of lean flow manufacturing experience.
Pelion's CTO, David Gleditsch, came from American Standard Corporation and headed a 10-year lean flow transformation of more than 85 factories worldwide.
This experience, coupled with direct input and feedback from initial customers, allowed Pelion to develop its software platform from the "ground-up" exclusively for lean flow manufacturing.
The software provides a practical, modular approach that is proven to rapidly gain and sustain lean flow success by automating key manufacturing processes, such as creating flow production lines, linking suppliers and customers to the factory floor, and combining the best of lean flow and existing MRP systems.
"Pelion's CFM software provides the foundation for our lean flow initiative.
We previously managed it through a long, tedious manual process that was difficult to maintain over time," said Dick Bredehoft, Vice President of Operations at Detector Electronics, a subsidiary of Kidde plc.
"Now, we have the flexibility to modify and enhance our manufacturing process on an ongoing basis.
The software is extremely intuitive, easy to use and fast to implement." Collaborative Flow Manufacturing Software Functionality - Pelion's CFM automates all of the core functions that make up lean flow, including: Facility Optimization - CFM analyzes current factory floor configurations and plant designs.
It then utilizes algorithms to provide customers with an interactive graphical design that will accommodate mixed-model, lean flow manufacturing practices.
Through automation, the time to complete this process can be reduced from weeks or months to just a few days.
Supply Chain Modeling and Analysis - CFM helps manufacturers achieve true lean flow practices by carefully analyzing current supplier performance dynamics and the efficiency of the overall supply chain.
Once the performance of each supplier is analyzed, modeling capabilities allow customers to quickly test the success likelihood of various lean flow scenarios and the viability of supplier support based on actual, historic performance.
The system also links suppliers and customers directly to the manufacturer's current MRP system to create a unified communications platform for rapid demand-driven production.
Demand Management - CFM allows manufacturers to react quickly to changes in customer demand and manage the day-to-day functions of lean flow manufacturing.
The software tracks incoming orders and formulates detailed resource requirements and production plans that are required to meet shifting manufacturing goals.
Included with every Pelion CFM software suite are training and consulting services to assist customers in optimizing their lean flow operations.
Pelion's professional services staff helps transfer knowledge quickly and efficiently so customers rapidly gain and sustain lean flow success.
All services are customized to individual customer needs based on their specific business objectives and Pelion's open architecture makes it easy to implement within existing IT infrastructures.
Pelion Systems' Collaborative Flow Manufacturing software and professional services are available immediately.
The software is offered through a series of modules to meet specific customer requirements.
For more information contact Geoff Hyatt toll-free at (877) 669-4324, ext.
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Founded in 1996, Pelion Systems, provides software and services designed to improve financial performance.
The company helps manufacturers automate lean flow manufacturing by rapidly gaining and sustaining lean flow success with software tooling and expertise.
Pelion's CFM suite combines the best of lean flow with MRP and links suppliers and customers directly to the factory floor.
Pelion customers include Detector Electronics (a division of Kidde plc) and Colorado MEDTech.
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