DocumentCode :
3341869
Title :
Impacts of enterprise wide supply-chain management techniques on process control
Author :
Tjoa, I. Bhieng ; Raman, Ramesh ; Itou, Toshiaki ; Fujita, Kaoru ; Natori, Yukikazu
Author_Institution :
MC Res. & Innovation Center, Mountain View, CA, USA
Volume :
1
fYear :
1999
fDate :
1999
Firstpage :
605
Abstract :
In an effort to continuously improving business productivity, companies are adopting new practices towards a continuous optimization of the total enterprise in the areas of business processes, supply chain and plant life cycle. This trend is supported with the enabling technology for integrated enterprise systems, such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) and supply chain management (SCM) systems. With an ERP system, various types of information can be accessed in one system which allows us to do work flow reengineering more effectively. The accessibility of information from the lower layer (process automation/control) system such as process data to the upper layer (enterprise) system such as business data is critical for establishing an effective SCM system. This system plays a critical role for linking the enterprise and the control systems in optimizing the enterprise performance. In a chemical industry, the range of feasible operation regions that is set for the SCM system to find the best operation policy will indirectly depend on the ability of the process control system to perform in the range of operation regions. One of the requirements for an efficient production network is the ability to adopt changes in production operations with greater flexibility. This requirement will put a challenge on the process control technology. Meeting this requirement will allow for greater feasible operation regions set in the SCM study. Here, we discuss the potential impacts of a new trend in enterprise wide SCM practices on process control system in a chemical plant operation
Keywords :
manufacturing resources planning; optimisation; production control; stock control; ERP; SCM; business processes; business productivity; chemical industry; chemical plant operation; continuous optimization; efficient production network; enterprise layer; enterprise performance optimization; enterprise resource planning; enterprise wide supply-chain management techniques; greater flexibility; integrated enterprise systems; plant life cycle; process automation/control layer; process control technology; supply chain; supply chain management; total enterprise optimization; work flow reengineering; Automatic control; Automation; Companies; Control systems; Enterprise resource planning; Process control; Production; Productivity; Supply chain management; Supply chains;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Control Applications, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kohala Coast, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5446-X
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/CCA.1999.806721
Filename :
806721
Link To Document :
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