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Evaluation of Manufacturing Vision and Strategies for the Production of Military Combat Vehicles The Crusader Artillery System (2003) / Chapter Skim
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... Recommendation I: The committee recommends that UDEP more completely address the vision and objectives for the human resources and the physical assets, especially the issues that surround moving the production from Minneapolis to a permanent manufacturing facility in Oklahoma. An enterprise mode]
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... In the application of product data management tools, focus should be placed on product lines and processes that will ensure the reusability, reconf~gurability, and scalability of processes, equipment, and workforce skills. Recommendation 2: UDEP should pursue an open and continuous approach to integration of the manufacturing control system, paying particular attention to scalability and interoperability between the various enterprise resource planning systems that exist in the supply chain.
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... The Crusader project requires an effective communication and information management infrastructure. Based on the presentations, the committee believes that UDEP has embraced a strong course of action for implementing information management throughout Crusader's life cycle, although additional opportunities exist.
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... Simulation will ensure that operational issues are identified before they become problems. The committee believes that with careful attention to these 10 recommendations, which are listed in Table ES-l, the Crusader team (or participants in other large-scale military manufacturing endeavors)
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... UDLP should pursue an open and continuous approach to integration of the manufacturing control system, paying particular attention to scalability and interoperability between the various enterprise resource planning systems that exist in the supply chain. UDLP should create a data system accessible throughout the enterprise and containing product component attributes, process requirements, supplier requirements, facility capacity, technical assets, and expertise.
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... UDLP should aggressively adopt Internet and Web services to communicate information, share data, and conduct strategic discussions in manufacturing project management. UDLP should develop intellectual property agreement models that protect information security while allowing knowledge to be shared with suppliers in an extended enterprise.
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  • product data
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  • information security
  • physical property
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  • factory floor
  • share data
  • globally distributed
  • change management
  • distributed extended

  • paying particular
  • allowing knowledge
  • engineering changes
  • various enterprise
  • supplier requirements

  • product component
  • enterprise resource
  • process requirements
  • pursue risk
  • protect information

  • management strategies
  • management techniques
  • component attributes
  • manufacturing project
  • physical assets


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