ST. PAUL, Minn., April 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Synchrono®, a
leader in demand-driven manufacturing software, today announced
that it will co-present with Orbital ATK, Aerospace Structures
Division, at the upcoming IndustryWeek Best Plants Conference &
Expo in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The presentation, titled A Case Study: Demand-Driven
and Ready for Takeoff! will be delivered on Tuesday, May 5 from 9:15-10:15 a.m.
The Aerospace Structures Division (ASD) of the newly formed
Orbital ATK, is a leading supplier of composite structures for the
aerospace and defense industries. The presentation will
reveal how ASD developed the vision and business case to
effectively support their growing commercial aircraft and military
aerostructures businesses. The result was a fully integrated
demand-driven manufacturing technology platform that was recently
recognized with a Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing Leadership
Award for Operational Excellence.
Brian Andrus, Director of
Information Technology for ASD, and John
Maher, Vice President of Product Strategy for Synchrono,
will team up to show attendees how ASD has enabled Factory of the
Future technology and transformed its operations. Using the
Synchrono® Demand-Driven Manufacturing Platform, ASD now operates
in an environment where its workforce, methods, materials, machines
and data are synchronized in real-time – providing 360 degrees of
manufacturing intelligence through a visual factory information
system accessible to all.
"The Synchrono Platform allowed us to quickly – and
cost-effectively - ramp up our operations to support our growing
commercial aircraft and military aerostructures businesses while
providing added benefits including information to focus our
continuous improvement efforts," said Andrus. "We'll show attendees
how a platform that includes a demand-driven scheduling engine, an
alert management and escalation utility, data acquisition and
manufacturing intelligence software, along with a visual factory
information system, combined to get us there."
"Every manufacturing professional has something to gain by
learning how ASD created the vision, built the case, and prepared
the factory for change," added Maher. "We're incredibly excited
about the opportunity to tell this story with them."
The IndustryWeek Best Plants Conference & Expo is in
Charlotte, North Carolina from
May 4-6. The conference's
Manufacturing Technology Strategies sessions are sponsored by
Synchrono who is also an exhibitor at the event.
About Orbital ATK
Orbital ATK is a global leader in aerospace and defense
technologies. The company designs, builds and delivers space,
defense and aviation systems for customers around the world, both
as a prime contractor and merchant supplier. Its main products
include launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; missile
products, subsystems and defense electronics; precision weapons,
armament systems and ammunition; satellites and associated space
components and services; and advanced aerospace structures.
Headquartered in Dulles, Virginia,
Orbital ATK employs more than 12,000 people in 20 states across the
U.S. and in several international locations. For more information,
visit www.orbitalatk.com
About Synchrono
Synchrono® LLC is a leading provider of demand-driven
manufacturing software and services that simplify complex
manufacturing environments and transform business results. The
company's planning, scheduling and execution and eKanban inventory
replenishment systems are powerful on their own, and when combined
with its operations solutions on the Synchrono Demand-Driven
Manufacturing Platform, clients synchronize workforce, methods,
machines, resources, data and more enabling flow from order
inception through production and delivery.
Aggregating information from its own applications as well as
from both machine-level and disparate enterprise systems, the
Synchrono Demand-Driven Manufacturing Platform provides a real-time
visual information system that empowers everyone - from the top
floor to the shop floor - with actionable information. Synchrono
helps clients manage constraints, improve flow, drive on-time
delivery and maintain a competitive edge. For more information,
please visit www.synchrono.com. Follow the Demand-Driven Matters
blog at www.synchrono.com/blog.
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