During our recent web conversation Michael McClellan argued that the Production Process Management (PPM) model leads to the best use of manufacturing collaboration and intelligence.

Collaboration is in the air.

The recent industry magazine site featured the article, Are “Black Swans” Colliding with your Global Supply Chain? which stated:

Today’s marketplace competitive? Only in the most Darwinian sense of red in tooth and claw. Customer demands continue to escalate and competitors become more aggressive.

Manufacturing is a long-term play. Systems are targeted not for the day or week, but rather for years or decades. Therefore, system development and improvement programs are long-lived as well.

The global marketplace is intensely competitive and winning manufacturers must bring their “A” game.

Manufacturing and supply chain management needs all the help it can get to keep an edge in today’s competitive market.