This book describes how manufacturing enterprises, by reinforcing their existing monitoring and control of manufacturing processes, can successfully face the ever-increasing pressure from internal and external environments to maintain their competitive advantage. Numerous performance measurement systems have been elaborated to satisfy these requirements, stressing the importance of financial and operational metrics. It also highlights the fact that research on generating and linking financial and operational metrics, especially in real-time, has not garnered sufficient attention to date. The book follows an approach that integrates enterprises across different levels and departments. By computing and linking the financial and operational metrics in real-time, the book demonstrates how to provide a comprehensive view of an entire enterprise.

Sachin Karadgi pursued research in the area of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) at the Business & Information Systems Engineering Group, University of Siegen, Germany. He has received his master degree in Automation and Robotics from Technical University of Dortmund, Germany in 2005 and a bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from Karnatak University, India in 1998. Before coming to Siegen, he has worked for Delmia Solutions / Dassault Systèmes, India. His research areas include MES, performance measurement, managerial accounting and scheduling and optimization.

Introduction.- Research Description.- Fundamentals, Technologies and Standards.- Reference Architecture for Real-Time Performance Measurement.- An Industrial Case Study, Implementation and Evaluation.- Conclusions and Future Work.