The Discrete Manufacturing SIG

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The Discrete Manufacturing SIG is pleased to announce the formation of a new MES subcommittee - details below

Our next face-to-face meeting will be the Collaborate 2012 conference in Las Vegas - Spring 2012

Welcome to the Discrete Manufacturing SIG Home Page

To join our group please use the on-line link above.

The 4th Annual Manufacturing Summit at USANA February 22-24 in Salt Lake City is now available: Manufacturing Summit Invitation Please share this with anyone on your team is interested in EBS Manufacturing Applications.

The Manufacturing Summit is a complimentary one-day event at which you have the opportunity to meet with other customers to share best practices and get more from EBS Manufacturing applications. There is also an opportunity to meet with the Oracle Development team to talk about future directions. Check out the agenda tab....we already have a great lineup of speakers.

Discrete Manufacturing News

New MES Subcommittee to begin in January 2012

The Discrete Manufacturing SIG is pleased to announce the formation of the Discrete MES Subcommittee. If you have implemented or are planning to implement MES we want to collaborate with you to maximize the standard functionality of Oracle MES for each member.

Our membership drive is underway and we encourage users to join the MES subcommittee. Initially we will baseline where each member company is with their implementation of MES to see how we can best collaborate with each other.

If you are interested in joining this subcommittee send your contact information to Tim Jors, Enterprise Integration Leader with Crane Electronics Inc. (tim.jors@crane-eg.com).

Call for Call Topics:

The Discrete SIG needs ideas for the 2012 SIG call schedule - please send your suggestions to sfoster@abeam.com

SIG call reports are posted in the Members Only section - you will need your OAUG ID and Password

The Discrete SIG also operates a List Server for use by our members to ask questions of other users.

List Server Instructions to subscribe:

To subscribe to the list Send an email to:

majordomo@solutionbeacon.net with the words "subscribe discrete" (without

quotes) in the body of the email.

Leave the Subject line BLANK

To post a message:

send email to discrete@solutionbeacon.net

The Discrete Manufacturing SIG wishes to Thank Solution Beacon for volunteering to host this List Server. The List Server is not to be used for any Marketing or Recruiting purposes.

The Officers of the Discrete Manufacturing SIG are

Membership Chair: Thiru Yatham - Arrow Electronics - tyatham@arrow.com

Coordinator: Sandie Foster - ABeam Consulting - sfoster@ABeam.com

Charter & By-Laws

The Discrete Manufacturing Special Interest Group

CHARTER

The Discrete Manufacturing SIG was formed in response to OAUG^SM Objectives to promote the formation of special interest groups focused on Oracle Applications for the exchange and dissemination of information.

The Discrete Manufacturing SIG will address topics relevant to the installation, configuration, implementation, maintenance, support and continued enhancement of Oracle Manufacturing Applications. In so doing, the Discrete Manufacturing SIG will work to improve processes, documentation, software and other items related to the above objectives through active participation in the Oracle Manufacturing Applications enhancement process, development of materials and programs and the exchange of information.

Bylaws

Section I - Name

Name. The Discrete Manufacturing SIG

Section 2 - Organization

Structure. The Discrete Manufacturing SIG shall be made up of its members. the Discrete Manufacturing SIG is a volunteer group having no membership dues or paid officers.

Members may include licensed users of Oracle Manufacturing Applications, prospective users evaluating , consultants and vendors of products complementary to Oracle Manufacturing Applications and any OAUG^SM member. OAUG^SM Associate Members may participate as non-voting members of the Discrete Manufacturing SIG.
Management of the Discrete Manufacturing SIG shall include the following:

a.) A Coordinator, who shall be responsible for coordinating activities of the Discrete Manufacturing SIG and shall serve as a key contact for OAUG^SM.

b.) A Membership representative, who shall be responsible for promoting participation in the Discrete Manufacturing SIG. This position must be filled by a User Member

c.) An Enhancement representative, who shall be responsible for soliciting enhancement requests from the SIG, for facilitating the incorporation of such requests into the OAUG^SM enhancement process and for disseminating information from the OAUG^SM Enhancement Committee to the Discrete Manufacturing SIG.

Selection of Management. Members wishing to volunteer for positions in the management of the Discrete Manufacturing SIG shall declare their candidacy during the 1^st quarter of the calendar year. Should more than one member volunteer for a position, a vote will be held during the SIG day meeting at the OAUG^SM Spring Conference. All members present at the SIG day meeting will be eligible to vote. Should only one candidate exist for each management position as of the Spring SIG Day Meeting,, the appointment will be made by acclimation.

Term of Management. Management positions shall be for one year .

The "OAUG" mark is licensed from Oracle Applications Users Group, the proprietor of the OAUG mark.

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