What is Manufacturing Execution System Software?
Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) are computerized systems (touch screens, scales, loadcells, bar-code scanners, probes, label printers, etc) used in manufacturing. MES can provide the right information at the right time. It shows the manufacturing decision maker “how the current conditions on the plant floor can be optimized to improve production output. It can work in real time to enable the control of multiple elements of the production process (e.g. inputs, personnel, machines, and support services).
The MES might operate across multiple function areas. For example: management of product definitions across the product life-cycle, resource scheduling, order execution and shipping, production analysis for Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), and materials track and trace.
The idea of MES might be seen as an intermediate step between, on the one hand, an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, and a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) or process control system on the other. Although historically, exact boundaries have fluctuated.
Now more than ever, manufacturing excellence depends on streamlining operations on the plant floor and throughout the supply chain. However, traditional Manufacturing Execution Systems tends to focus mainly on the plant floor, with minimal integration beyond the four walls.
Today, manufacturers must transform their operations by automating and executing business processes. They need to manage the performance of global business processes across their value chain. This requires end-to-end integration of processes. These processes span the supply chain, production, maintenance, distribution, quality, and labor operations. It doesn’t matter where these facilities and operations are physically located.
About Matrix Controls Manufacturing Execution System Software
Matrix Controls is manufacturing software that delivers MES capabilities. When combined with other Matrix Controls production floor applications, offers a far more expanded solution than a traditional Manufacturing Execution System. By taking an enterprise approach, Matrix Controls applications work like an IT platform to reach across the various processes of manufacturing at each of your locations, which offers unified integration and collaboration with your product supply network.
Leveraging Matrix Controls as a global manufacturing execution system allows you to:
- Manage all of the various interdependencies and establish a collaborative production management ecosystem while providing an enterprise-wide system of record.
- Provide a “single version of the truth” that enables a synchronized and highly coordinated flow of information – eliminating traditional stand-alone “silos” of data and processes. It leads to tighter visibility and control over disparate manufacturing processes
- Enable paperless manufacturing that delivers mistake-free work instructions throughout the extended production process. It aids in rapid responsiveness and consistent deployment of processes
- Empower manufacturers to meet their goals of reducing waste, inventory, and cycle times while improving efficiency, quality, and customer satisfaction
Deliver accurate information to the right people at the right time. It helps to make better decisions about every aspect of manufacturing, including advanced planning, production capacity analysis, Work-In-Progress, inventory turns, and standard lead times - Offer a true foundation for an enterprise approach to quality, continuous improvement initiatives, and compliance. It helps you to achieve consistently executed and delivered manufacturing excellence.
For more information about Matrix Controls Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Software, please contact us.