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MOM/MES Plant Floor

When the term Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) was coined nearly 20 years ago, the MES acronym was intended to sound like “mess” because that is what it was. While enterprise applications had taken hold firmly for many other areas, the diversity of plant operations had prevented the same level of standardization and use for plant floor software.

 

Individual plants and even individual functions within each plant have often used spreadsheets, homegrown applications, or standalone software to support monitoring, guiding, and recording outcomes. However, production companies are realizing they cannot continue to work with piecemeal support for and minimal visibility into their main revenue-generating area. Even though some companies don’t need a complex, broad functionality MES or Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) system, they do want applications that provide visibility into production information and that support good plant success.

 

In addition to MES/MOM, effective plant floor operations may require an array of solutions. These include quality management (QMS), testing and laboratory management (TMS, LIMS), data historians, supervisory control and human-machine interface (SCADA and HMI), asset management (EAM), manufacturing intelligence and dashboards (EMI), document management and work instructions (EDM), and many others. Automation and controls are also critical to this arena, and are increasingly intelligent.

 

The diversity of plant operations means that this segment will remain challenging for many companies. Cambashi understands the technologies, providers, products, standards, and trends to assist clients with appropriate planning for competitive advantage.

Plant information Needs in Turbulent Times
This presentation for the Siemens Automation Summit focuses on production and beyond, to show how product engineering and process or manufacturing engineering disciplines are coming together with IT. It illustrates how both plant systems and enterprise systems play a critical role.
Gaining Business Visibility through Right-time Dashboards
This presentation was part of a client webcast focused on how performance management “dashboards” can increase visibility and business success. It makes a distinction between KPIs and KPDs, which drive the results, and focuses on the need for right-time feedback.
e-Xpertise in Industry #37
Change the data flow to change the game, social networking - collaboration or anarchy, and a book review of the MES Guide for Executives authored by Bianca Scholten.
Team, Traction and Momentum: Manufacturing Improvement Projects that Pay Off
Successful manufacturing improvement projects can spell the difference between a profitable plant and one that’s history. This paper explains the core elements for successful plant floor process and software improvement projects, including how to show financial impact.
Accelerate Business Performance Gains with Manufacturing Execution Systems
This paper uses original research data in manufacturing companies to illustrate how MES generates business success in areas such a quality, customer service, asset utilization, compliance, lean, innovation and others.
Plant–to-Enterprise Integration: Foundation for MES/MOM Payback
This paper focuses on the value of MES/MOM and the critical value of integration between these plantwide systems and ERP. The paper posits integration as a foundation for MES/MOM success and indicates integration requirements to achieve expected payback.
Creating a Holistic Metrics Program: Metrics for Effective Production and Distribution
This presentation shows how production plants and warehouses need to harmonize performance metrics and objectives for maximum success in order fulfillment. It highlights the results of a collaborative effort between Cambashi with MESA International, WERC, and MHIA.
Closing the Production-Quality-Performance Loop: Valuable Lessons for High Growth Manufacturers
In high growth industries such as photovoltaics, change in practices, processes and even product technologies are so rapid it’s not always clear how to grow rapidly and succeed over the long haul. This presentation to Camstar Customers helps describe how to achieve maximum throughput of high-quality products at minimum cost.
Accelerate Performance Improvement with Operations Intelligence
Operations Intelligence (OI) is software to measure and make visible the performance of production operations.  The question is, does this measurement and the OI software to support it have any impact on business results?  This paper addresses this question and was originally published at a medical devices forum sponsored by Microsoft and Rockwell Automation.