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Center for Manufacturing Enterprise Integration

Center for Manufacturing Enterprise Integration. Dr. Vittal Prabhu and Dr. Soundar Kumara Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Penn State University June 9, 2000. Motivation….

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Center for Manufacturing Enterprise Integration

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  1. Center for Manufacturing Enterprise Integration Dr. Vittal Prabhu and Dr. Soundar Kumara Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringPenn State University June 9, 2000

  2. Motivation… “…the recent years’ remarkable surge in availability of real-time information has enabled business management to remove large swaths of inventory, safety stocks, and worker redundancies, and has armed firms with detailed data to fine-tune product specifications to most individual needs.” Alan Greenspan Federal Reserve Board Chairman

  3. CMEI Mission and Scope • R&D in enterprise integration for • Decision-making and control of when supplier and customers are distributed • Integration using open information and control systems to enable rapid interaction with suppliers and customers • Integration from sensors to supplier (S2S) efficient use of resources

  4. CMEI Mission and Scope … • Manufacturing and IT - identified as strategic areas for PSU • Partnership between university, industry, and government • Multi-disciplinary resource of solving problems faced by industry • Technology transfer from PSU to industry

  5. CMEI Focus Areas

  6. S2S Lab – IMEInc.com • State-of-art test-bed for experimentation and advanced research in S2S technology • Enterprise integration arm for manufacturing facilities in Penn State • Eg. as SMP servers, clusters, high-speed networks, sensor networks, open architecture controllers, and enterprise software (e-business, SCM, ERP, APS, MES) • Serves as a “neutral” test-bed for industry partners for experimentation

  7. CMEI Organization Industry Advisory Board Full Members Academic Advisory Board Penn State Vittal Prabhu & Soundar Kumara Co-Directors CMEI Faculty Visiting Scholars Post Doctoral Fellows Grad and Undergrad Students Manager, Admin. and Mkting.

  8. CMEI People • A. Balakrishnan, Operations Management • S. Fonash, Nano Manufacturing • N. Gautam, Communication Networks • J. Krumrine, Industry Liaison • S.R.T. Kumara, Information Technology • V.V. Prabhu, High Performance Computing • T. Pugh, Contracts & Intellectual Property • A. Ravindran, Operations Research • R.A. Wysk, Shop-floor Control

  9. Benefits for industry partners • Effective way of keeping abreast of advances in technology • Fee waiver for Center meetings, conferences and seminars • Access to Center Continuing and Distance Education courses (Fee) • Access to faculty, graduate students, staff, and laboratory facilities associated with Center • Access to Center for guest lectures and seminars

  10. Membership • Associate Member - $10,000 per year • Full Member - $20,000 per year • Full Members • Serve on the Industry Advisory Board • Get to shape the research agenda! • Mentor research projects and student projects • Potential spin-off from precompetitve work

  11. Questions??? • Brochure in the packet • Membership agreements available • Website www.ie.psu.edu/cmei/

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