SCOR Make

Analysis of Make process enablers and best practices often produce some large internal gains in supply chain performance (reliability, responsiveness & flexibility).

Fundamentals like a basic finite capacity planning process are key. In the absence of capacity planning plants typically use MRP to determine start and finish dates for work orders without any regard for available capacity. The cost of this approach is high with expeditors and safety stock being the typical tools.

It doesn’t take long for this process to produce customer service misses. The typical result being to extend lead-times for the manufacturing steps in MRP and consequently to the customers. This cycle not only reduces your competitiveness, increases you assets, but it also doesn’t fix the problem. You still have no guarantee that you’ve not overbooked a critical resource.

This backdrop provides a good example of the process enablers included with SCOR.

Enable Process: Manage Production Network		Process Number: EM.7
Best Practices	Features
JIT environment	Schedule visibility, on-line communications between source and demand
Collaborative planning/scheduling	Interactive, on-line planning/scheduling systems. Capacity planning systems with accurate production capability data.
Production reporting/status	Real time monitoring of production status and In-Process Product (WIP)

Process Number: EM.7