MES a key component of Smart Manufacturing / Industry 4.0
SMART MANUFACTURING
Joe
Gerstl from GE Digital talks about Manufacturing Execution System
MES a key component of Smart Manufacturing / Industry 4.0
In order to gain the benefits of these initiatives , there has to be a transactional management system for three purposes :
1 | Execution : managing the execution of manufacturing processes . Ensuring that the correct information , materials , tools and instructions are available to the front-line worker ( or piece of equipment ) in order to produce a quality product , as well as ensuring that the worker is certified to perform the task and the critical quality data is collected .
2 | Orchestration : providing both process and data integration to make sure that order / batch specific information is shared with enterprise systems such as ERP , production scheduling , engineering ( PLM ), quality , warehouse management , logistics , supply chain management , automated equipment , etc . either on-demand , scheduled or real-time as appropriate .
3 | Monitoring : MES provides visibility to manufacturing data , including batch / order / serial number information for product genealogy , data for monitoring equipment health , and data for the generation of process KPIs Regardless of industry , these three capabilities need to be in place to support any level of digitalisation / smart manufacturing . Rick Franzosa , Senior Director Analyst with the Gartner Supply Chain Practice
60 April 2021