Manufacturing Execution Systems

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Manufacturing Execution Systems
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Why MES?

• Missing link between PCS and corporate systems
  (typically ERP)
• PCS attached to devices on factory floor
• Often proprietary technologies
• Export data as text
• Often left unconnected
• Or managed by specialists (non-IT)
• Critical systems (eg BGE)
• Requirement for compliance
• ERP does not finish where PCS begins
• Invoke different competences

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Who?

• A different set of vendors
• Specialising in manufacturing systems (ex-CIM
  vendors) eg Camstar
• Different philosophy
• Attention to local differences
• Used to dealing with production managers
• More of a front end system
• Market still relatively under-equipped (unlike
  ERP)

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InSite Enterprise Applications
COLLABORATION LEVEL
Other System
SITE LEVEL
PLANT A
PLANT B
PLANT C
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InSite Total Solution
Enterprise Integration (Camstars LiveConnect)
Plant 1
Plant 2
Paperless DHR/EBR
CAPA
Paperless DHR/EBR
CAPA
Global Manufacturing Data
Training
Supplier Quality
Training
Supplier Quality
RMA
Electronic Signature
RMA
Electronic Signature
Production
Production
SPC
Maintenance Calibration
Document Control
SPC
Maintenance Calibration
Document Control
EnterpriseBusiness Intelligence (Camstars
LiveView and LiveAlert)
gt Reporting gt Alerts gt Dashboard gt Corporate
Portal
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Workflow Modeling
A workflow consists of multiple process steps,
each of which references a specification or
another workflow which consists of its own steps
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• InSite XML Connect
• Publishes XML documents from any transaction
• Processes all inbound transactions from XML
• Business Process Integration (BPI) Center
• Based on Microsoft's BizTalk Server EAI framework
• Business logic and process flows
• Best practices for data integration between the
  InSite and ERP applications
• ERP Application Adapter
• Transforms and processes inbound transactions to
  ERP
• Produces and transforms outbound transactions
  from ERP

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InSite and ERP Processing Touch Points
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LiveRelay Summary
Plant A
Ship units
Plant B
Receive units
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LiveRelay Process
Plant A
Plant B
Ship units to Plant B
Start units from Plant A
Send XML with units
Receive XML and units
Routing Server
Execute Instructions
Reply Instructions
Deliver XML Documents
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Typical Multi-Site Processes

• Plants have same capability
• Utilize capacity when needed
• Information from each plant transferred and
  returned with units

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Typical Multi-Site Processes

• Plants have specialized capability
• Units are transferred to multiple plants
  sequentially
• Information from all preceding plants stays with
  units

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Typical Multi-Site Processes

• Units are transferred to a sub contractor, then
  continue at new plant
• Information from all preceding plants stays with
  units if sub contractor using InSite

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Conclusion on MES

• At present only manufacturing sites
• No critical mass in the market
• Not really competitors of ERP vendors but have
  power to change the market
• No notion of a single instance anywhere
• Maintains local power but provide powerful
  linkages