Strategic Initiatives & Research Areas
MESA has defined its work in terms of some of the strategic initiatives common in manufacturing and production companies today. MESA's five strategic initiatives are real-time enterprise, lean manufacturing, quality and regulatory compliance, asset performance management, an product lifecycle management. These initiatives form an executive-level framework for business objectives toward which business operations can be optimized. The activities and IT systems in the manufacturing or production areas then feed information between the physical operation and the enterprise in which the framework is formed. This is the essence of the current MESA Model.
MESA has developed educational materials on the five strategic initiatives shown here. See more about the strategic initiatives.
MESA also has a history of working to conduct primary research studies that illuminate critical aspects of success for manufacturing and production companies. The first area MESA conducted research in is Metrics that Matter, or performance metrics for manufacturing and production businesses and operations. A new study will be launched in 2010 on Eco-Efficiency. More about MESA research studies.
