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Flow Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management:
Two Great Worlds Coming Together

Brian James

Senior Analyst, Product Marketing
Manufacturing & Supply Chain Applications
Oracle Corporation
500 Oracle Parkway
MS 3op15
Redwood Shores, CA 94065
Phone: (650) 506-1211
E-mail: bjames@us.oracle.com


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Flow Manufacturing techniques have produced revolutionary results in improved efficiency, lower costs and inventory, and shorter cycle times in a wide variety of industries - even dynamic demand-driven environments. To compete in the 21st Century companies will need to become even more responsive to their customers. Learn what these companies of the future may look like and how you can become them by using Flow Manufacturing and Supply Chain Planning systems to achieve tremendous benefits and meet your ever increasing customer demands.

 

Table of Contents

ORACLE: Enabling the Information Age

Oracle Corporation

Flow Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management

Manufacturing & Supply Chain Operations

Preview

Business Challenges

Business Challenges

Business Challenges

ERP as the Backbone

Integrated Manufacturing & Supply Chain

How?

What do you build?

Universal Demand Capture Efficient Customer Response

Supply Chain Planning Plan When, Where and How

Supply Chain Planning Real-Time Supply Chain Synchronization

Supply Chain Planning Glass Pipeline

Flow Manufacturing Make it Efficiently

Mixed Mode Manufacturing

Mixed-Mode Manufacturing

Flow Manufacturing What is it?

Flow Manufacturing What isn’t it?

What Makes Flow Different? Challenges traditional manufacturing theory

Why Flow Manufacturing?

What are the Benefits?

Flow’s Unique Proposition

What the Analysts Say...

Flow Manufacturing Characteristics

Flow Manufacturing Characteristics

Flow Manufacturing Characteristics

Summary

ORACLE: Enabling the Information Age