Manufacturing Execution System
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A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is a system that companies can use to measure and control critical production activities. Some of the benefits with regards to MES solutions are increased traceability, productivity, and quality. Other functions served by MES solutions may include equipment tracking, product geneaology, labor tracking, inventory management, costing, electronic signature capture, defect and resolution monitoring, Key Performance Indicator monitoring and alarming, Executive Dashboards and other various reporting solutions.
It is important to note that the term MES is held vary loosely across different manufacturing industries (Semiconductor, Process, Food and Beverage, etc.).
MES has many parts and can be deployed on various scales. From simple WIP tracking to a complex solution integrated throughout an enterprise monitoring and controling all resources used in the manufacturing process from cradle to grave and touching other enterprise systems like Enterprise Resource and Planning Systems (ERPs), Product Lifecycle Managment (PLMs), Supervisory, Control and Data Acquistion (SCADA)solutions, Scheduling and Planning Systems (Both long-term and short-term tactical).
