MES

Manufacturing companies more and more learn to appreciate the value of Manufacturing Execution System (MES), sometimes also called Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM). Tracking the production process using MES and storing production metrics and data in a database allows for:

• Optimizing the production process by finding and resolving bottlenecks
• Optimizing the production process and product quality by finding failure points in the process
• Keeping record of the production process and measurement data of individual products or lots through genealogy
• Manage operator training requirements and ensuring operator qualification
• Linking production processes to quality processes
• Tracking service requirements for shop floor machinery
• Linking shop floor material consumption and manufacturing progress to ERP systems
• Interfacing to shop floor machines for numerical control and data collection