SBIR Phase II: Lean Physics: Streamlining the Supply Chain Using Factory Physics

[349659] SBIR第二阶段项目涉及创新方法和软件工具包的创建，该方法和软件工具包可以大大改善几乎任何制造公司的供应链。建议的支持工具提供了一个综合的系统，该系统结合了“仅限软件”和“最佳实践”的最佳方法，并使用一个框架来创建生产系统改进的新范例。基于该框架的算法将提供重要的诊断和分析工具，显示如何以及在何处对供应链进行重大改进。“绑定”到现有供应链管理系统上的执行算法将提供提高生产力、减少库存和增加客户响应的方法，而无需替换现有的实现。该工具包也可以通过Internet交付，为小型公司提供了一种经济有效的替代方案。这种创新的商业版本可以广泛采用一种新的、更有效的制造物流模式。随着过去三年中230万个工作岗位的流失，制造业生产力的问题变得至关重要，因为供应链工具的需求将生产软件系统与运营计划相结合，以提高生产力和成本竞争力。这种方法和工具的广泛采用可能对美国工业的竞争力产生深远的影响。

0349659This SBIR Phase II project involves the creation of an innovative Methodology and software Toolkit that can substantially improve the supply chain of virtually any manufacturing firm. The proposed Support Tools offers a comprehensive system that combines the best of the "software only" and the "best-practices" approaches with a framework to create a new paradigm for production system improvement. Algorithms based on this framework will provide important diagnostic and analysis tools that show how and where major improvements to the supply chain should be made. Execution algorithms that "bolt onto" existing supply chain management systems will provide the means to improve productivity, reduce inventory, and increase customer responsiveness without having to replace existing implementations. The toolkit can also be delivered over the Internet, providing a cost effective alternative to smaller companies.Commercial versions of this innovation could enable widespread adoption of a new and more effective paradigm of manufacturing logistics. With the loss of 2.3 million jobs in the last three years, the issue of manufacturing productivity is critical as is the need for supply chain tools which integrate production software systems with operational initiatives to improve productivity and cost competitiveness. Widespread adoption of this methodology and tools could have a profound influence on the competitiveness of U.S. industry.