dmn’s and imagine’s benefits

http://www.imagine-futurefactory.eu

DMN’s and IMAGINE’s Benefits

Dr. Sotiris KoussourisDSSLab [email protected]

IMAGINE DMN Blueprint Model

24 September 2014

Partner BP business and technical information to facilitate

partners’ selection by a specific contractor.Static metadata:- company background- products/ services- capabilities/ skills- processes- new potential- qualifications- local/global SLAs

Dynamic metadata :- current mean delivery /

production times- available stock

Product BP information on equipment, human resources

and materials necessary for producing a standard or configurable product.

Quality Assurance BP real-time data for operations analytics to

optimise manufacturing networks.

End2end Process BP spans all customer interactions

manufacturing operations, production lines, and physical material transactions.

- product definition information: what is needed to make a product

- product capability/capacity information: what resources are available to use for production

- product schedule information what to make - which resources to use-when

- production performance information what was produced - what resources were consumed

Metrics of:- product (integrity, conformance to standards/ specifications,

cost),

- process (process parameters, documentation, maturity, security level),

- partners (reputation, certification, organizational and logistics capabilities, IT systems efficiency) and

- network quality (partner interoperability, network complexity, environmental requirements, capacity utilization)

APMS 2014 - IMAGINE Workshop

• Time-to-market reduction: new product lines can reach the market faster.

• Optimized design of end products and individual components: designers of all parties can work simultaneously on the design of the product, its components and their interactions.

• Collaborative product development: DMN partners collaborate on the product’s operational and technical specifications.

• Network-optimized production planning and scheduling: DMN partners’ planning and scheduling processes are synchronized and streamlined.

• Fast selection of suppliers for each project/product and network setup: the DMN platform identifies and proposes straight away the optimum set of suppliers for the given circumstances.

• Instant reconfiguration of the suppliers’ network: reconfiguration of the whole production plan by adding new suppliers or by assigning more jobs to the existing ones.

• Automated communication and data exchange with suppliers/clients and partners: DMN platform automates information exchange, reducing thus mistakes that cause production flaws and delays.

• Increased visibility and access speed to network/manufacturing data: collected production and logistics related data enable the rapid generation of reports, and accelerate any reconfiguration decision.

DMN Benefits: Time Savings

24 September 2014 APMS 2014 - IMAGINE Workshop 3

• Cost-optimized selection of suppliers: the DMN platform indicates the set of suppliers who can provide the required components in time and at minimum cost.

• Cutting down inventory costs: individual suppliers’ manufacturing processes are aligned, reducing the required stock and minimizing thereby inventory costs.

• Cost-optimized management of resources: accurate and timely information shared within the DMN allows the optimal and dynamic allocation of the available resources, so as to meet demand and performance requirements.

• Reducing marketing expenses: availability of suppliers’ competencies and capacity information in a structured way through the DMN Blueprint Model allows cutting down expenses for B2B marketing.

DMN Benefits: Cost Reduction


• Focusing on core competences: DMN partnerships are created based on each partner’s expertise; therefore DMN members invest in their core competencies and develop advanced skills and capabilities.

• Product/services co-creation: the DMN environment facilitates the collaboration and coordination of different parties in a manufacturing process.

• Cost/risk sharing with collaborating partners: in DMNs most costs and risks are shared among all the partners involved, bringing thereby a crucial change to usual way projects are carried out.

• Monitoring of product development and manufacturing operations: alarms are triggered in case a task/operation is not performing as planned, enabling efficient management and alternative solutions’ exploitation.

• Reduction of design and production flaws: these are decreased thanks to the enhanced collaboration among engineers achieved and an early warning system.


DMN Benefits: Operations’ enhancement (1/2)

24 September 2014 5

• Optimal selection of suppliers and collaborators: partner selection, based on core competencies and actual capability to deliver specific results in more successful collaborations.

• Improved quality throughout the complete product lifecycle: continuous KPIs monitoring and application of SLAs result in enhanced product and processes’ quality.

• Know-how exchange, shared knowledge management and access to new technologies: close collaboration within a DMN allows knowledge exchange on products and technological advancements.

• Access to new customers/markets: the wide range of sectors/fields covered in the DMN allows each enterprise to expand its customers’ base.

• Integrating diverse enterprise IT systems for better, holistic and efficient production: the DMN platform interconnects enterprise software with shop floor systems.


DMN Benefits: Operations’ enhancement (2/2)

24 September 2014 6

• The decision of joining a DMN is quite important for any enterprise

• Yet, economic and efficiency benefits are only visible once a manufacturing project is completed

• It is important to cultivate understanding on how each operational modification creates benefits for DMN participating enterprises

7

How to get SMEs/Users Convinced?

24 September 2014

DMN Engagement ≡

Extended cooperation with supply chain partners

Modifications in modus operandi

Need for communication

concerning the impact of change


• Cognitive Maps (CMs) were first introduced by political scientist Robert Axelrod in the 1970s as a means of representing social scientific knowledge.

• A Cognitive Map is a network diagram depicting causes and effects.• It is represented by a labelled, directed graph of nodes and edges, where nodes

represent domain concepts and edges causal relationships between the nodes.

• CMs use concepts to elicit and represent perceptions.• CMs have been used in a variety of contexts, most prominently in operations

management as a means of facilitating brainstorming and communication.

APMS 2014 - IMAGINE Workshop 8

Cognitive Maps

24 September 2014

• Data gathering through semi-structured interviews with industry stakeholders

• Data analysis and

• Data correlation using a grounded theory approach

• Mapping of concept variables against the phases of the DMN lifecycle

APMS 2014 - IMAGINE Workshop 9

Causal Mapping of DMN Benefits:Approach

24 September 2014

Administration & On-Boarding

DMN Lifecycle:

Customer Request

Network Analysis &

ConfigurationNetwork Design

Network Execution & Monitoring


Causal Mapping of DMN Benefits:DMN Concept Variables


Causal Mapping of DMN Benefits: Cause and Effect Relationships


Causal Mapping of DMN Benefits: Highlights (1/5)


Reasoning on the DMN Benefits: the role of Interoperability in IMAGINE


Concluding Remarks

• The derived map is generic and can cover the majority of DMN formations

• Approaches such as Cognitive Maps can facilitate communication, brainstorming and discussion leading to persuading users to adopt

• Interoperability stands as the common denominator of DMN benefits in the IMAGINE case

• Reasoning on the benefit-related factors can after all improve decision making and continuously improve the requirements for the most critical factors for each case

http://www.imagine-futurefactory.eu [email protected]

Imagine Future FactoryImagineFF

Thank you for your attention!

ImagineFutureFactoryImagineFutureFactory


dmn’s and imagine’s benefits

Internet