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What is the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) ?

What is the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) ?

Who needs MES and why?

At the present time, customer expectations include price advantage as well as high quality standards. Manufacturers have to keep up with these high standards and target prices.

Therefore, today’s manufacturers have to produce at high standards and reduce their costs. At this point, the manufacturers need to find a way out. As a result of this, producers who know their problems in the shopfloor, make researches to overcome this problem, create their options and determine the methods. In conclusion, realize that they need the MES.

What are the necessary steps for a successful MES project?

The companies that would like to obtain MES, firstly should identify its all processes & problems accurately and clearly. These problems;

  • Quality problems,
  • Frequent breakdowns,
  • Capacity insufficiency,
  • Lack of traceability,
  • Low performance,

Then, these problems should be prioritized. Realizing the problem and accepting its existence with the correct diagnosis is actually half of the solution. Afterwards, the most ideal method should be determined to eliminate existing problems.