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

0349659这个SBIR第二阶段项目涉及创建一种创新的方法和软件工具包，可以显著改善几乎任何制造公司的供应链。拟议的支助工具提供了一个综合系统，将“纯软件”和“最佳做法”的最佳做法与一个框架结合起来，为改进生产系统创造了一个新的范例。基于这一框架的算法将提供重要的诊断和分析工具，表明应该如何以及在哪里对供应链进行重大改进。“连接”现有供应链管理系统的执行算法将提供提高生产率、减少库存和提高客户响应能力的手段，而不必替换现有的实现。该工具包还可以通过互联网交付，为较小的公司提供了一种具有成本效益的替代方案。这项创新的商业版本可以使制造物流的新模式得到广泛采用，而且更有效。由于过去三年有230万人失业，制造业生产率问题至关重要，因为需要供应链工具，将生产软件系统与业务举措相结合，以提高生产率和成本竞争力。这种方法和工具的广泛采用可能会对美国工业的竞争力产生深远影响。

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.