For manufacturers who are focused on renewing ISO and TS certification, it is time to roll up the sleeves because there are significant differences. Many manufacturers are struggling because of the ISO emphasis on continual improvement, the use of metrics to measure performance and the proven involvement of top management.   Now they have to worry that auditors are becoming a great deal stricter.

Substantial benefits to the bottom line are possible if companies think beyond hanging a new certificate on the wall and understand the potential value of the revised requirements. Aligning processes around metrics that take into consideration the planning, sourcing, making and delivering of a product will result in financial benefits. The Supply Chain Operational Reference (SCOR) model can help a manufacturer in translating strategic vision to tactics that can be implemented......