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Manufacturing houses the world over have to deal with production and supply chain

related issues, and this often calls for quick responses and timely intervention clubbed

with innovative approaches. Not only does a manufacturing house have to deal with

customers, but also with an array of distributors, suppliers, vendors, and its own

workforce. While there have been various attempts in the past to streamline production

processes through the use of various enterprise solutions, the results have been quite

mixed. This is mainly because the focus doesn’t always remain on the business’ individual

process requirements. Business units are broken down into smaller assembly units and

each use stripped down process modeling with limited interaction. Manufacturing

Execution Systems (MES) typically only support production routing, production

processes, and instructions for the work to be done. Hence, MES systems are focused

only on production and are unable to execute processes, integrate multivendor

applications or play a role in the planning, designing and building phase of 

manufacturing.

BPM to the Rescue

Business Process Management tools cure this exact pain. It gives businesses the ability to

fine tune processes while eliminating any

shortcomings, while also automating

production processes in order to minimize

errors and maximize reliability. Through

effective BPM implementation a production

house can also utilize its assets to the fullest,

thereby getting the most out of its existing

manpower and equipment. Besides, in going the BPM way a production house wouldhave the ability to extend its channels of revenue, and this would also give the business

an opportunity to gather pertinent customer data from various points of sale.

Managing the Supply Chain

Since this fast paced technological world that we now live in calls for quick fire and

accurate decision making while also maintaining visibility, it is important that businesses

and their respective supply chain collaborators work in tandem by quickly adapting to

changing market needs and scenarios. Using a  BPM solution  to streamline a business’

entire supply chain network would help the business adapt to the latest trends, minimize

wastage, and run on decreased operating costs.

Operations

When it comes to the operational aspect of any manufacturing business, one of the most

common complaints involves the lack of synchronized data. If the operations part of a

manufacturing house is not adequately integrated, it could very well lead to inaccurate

reporting of data, loss of man hours, unnecessary inventories, inappropriate planning

“BPM Solution gives businesses the

ability to minimize process errors,

maximize reliability and utilization

of assets.” 

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and decision making, etc. With the help of an integrated BPM solution, one can expect to

have access to all information in real time.

Apart from the positives mentioned above, here are some more reasons why a

production house would benefit by employing a BPM strategy.Collaboration: In keeping common goals and running a unified platform a

production house gives its ‘people’ network a place where they can interact and

collaborate.

Workflow: Integrating a business’ technological aspects with the processes and the

people behind the processes keeps a due check on prioritization, thereby ensuring

a smooth workflow.

Transparency: Using a BPM solution would tell a business exactly where and how

its resources are being used, and to what effect.

Other benefits of using BPM solutions in production industries include the ability to runprocesses in accordance to specific business needs; reducing the possibility of delays in

the supply of materials; using automatic notifications to correspond within various

internal departments and with external sources like customers, vendors, and suppliers; as

well as the ability to integrate one’s existing range of applications like SCM and ERP.

So do I see more manufacturing houses embrace this technology in the time to come?

Of course!

Author

Kalpa ShahVice President

Skelta Software 

About Skelta BPM

Skelta BPM is an enterprise class Business Process Management  (BPM) platform &

Advanced Workflow Software  that eliminates the risk of process initiatives, enables

communication amongst all process stakeholders and drives innovation by fostering

business ownership. Skelta BPM empowers business analysts to quickly build end-to-

end, feature rich, process centric, composite business applications using a web interface.

Skelta BPM enables quick automation and improvement of processes without anycoding. Skelta BPM components support every step in the lifecycle of a process based

application, namely – Envision & Model, Execute & Deploy and Optimize & Analyze.

For more information about Skelta BPM go to: www.skelta.com