The Next Leap in Centralized Pro-active Decision
Support for Supply Chain Management (SCM) Decisions – Closing
the Gap between Planning and Execution by Enhancing Centralization and
Interweaving New Technologies Supporting Collaboration Behavior Across
Supply Chain Components and Decision Tiers
Ken Fordyce, Brian Denton, Markus Ettl, Peter Lyon,
John Milne,
Rahul Nahar, Bob Orzell , Robert Rice, and Gary
Sullivan.
Contact author is Ken Fordyce 914/388-0132
fordyce@us.ibm.com
This presentation describes
a set of logical evolutionary enhancements to the core pro-active decision
technology supporting the IBM Microelectronics SCM processes that is currently
underway to position IBM Microelectronics to remain best of breed in SCM
function. These enhancements include: (1) establishing a division
wide CPE that runs daily with features such as stability, lot sizing, full
demand pegging, and dampening, (2) division wide monitoring and tracking
function called AIRR (assess, identify, repair, respond) which includes
not just monitoring but assists with identifying opportunities to improve
the delivery performance of key product (expedite or additional capacity),
enhances ATP, and extends WIPCA, and (3) Enhanced DM (OEM forecast) function
including advanced forecast algorithms and monitoring and alert function.
To achieve these enhancements the PROFIT team will interweave new extensions
to core centralization decision technologies such as linear programming
and emerging decision technologies to support collaboration such as intelligent
agents and sense and respond (SaR). The goal is to make the following
statement true: “It is a new kind of entity. It's a COMMUNITY
INTELLIGENCE, born from the collective wisdom of various disciplines, experiences,
and points of view, which dynamically disseminates the new intelligence
around the same community that engendered it, solving problems that are
“too tough for us humans to figure out’ ” {Feigenbaum, pp. 63-64).