Abstract
In this report, Manufacturing Insights investigates the critical challenges that
currently drive manufacturers to increase their business priority towards improving
manufacturing operations processes.
After the analysis of how improvements in manufacturing
operations can support manufacturers in dealing with current economic challenges,
Manufacturing Insights explains how a modern MES (manufacturing execution system)
application spans well beyond the mere traditional coverage of shop
floor management.
"Research findings demonstrate that, today, manufacturers have very good
reasons to undertake a thorough transformation of their operations management,
aiming towards real-time manufacturing," said Pierfrancesco Manenti, EMEA research director,
Manufacturing Insights. "The new challenges requested by real-time manufacturing execution
expose the weaknesses and fragmented nature of software applications currently
used by the industry. Additionally, the need for a tighter
integration between ERP and shop-floor data, wider interoperability and data
standards, and better manufacturing intelligence and visibility becomes readily apparent."
Table of Contents
- Manufacturing Insights Opinion
- In This Report
- Situation Overview
- Importance and Challenges of Effective Manufacturing Execution
- Status of IT Supporting Shop Floor
- MES Defined
- The Approach
- The Global Plant Floor Approach
- MES-Related Business Challenges
- Harmonization of Global Manufacturing Operations
- Manufacturing Intelligence
- Seamless Integration With Corporate Business Applications
- Connecting Design and Manufacturing Operations
- Improve Fixed Asset Utilization
- Compliance and Environmental Footprint Reduction
- Future Outlook
- Intelligent Automation and the Internet of Things
- Essential Guidance
- Actions to Consider
- Appendix
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Synopsis
- Table: MESA-11 Functionalities
- Table: MESA Model Definitions
- Figure: MES defined by ISA-95
- Figure: MES and "Competing" Applications
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