Who uses MES/MOM?

The introduction of MES is a fully-fledged business project that must cover the needs of all shop floor personnel:

General Management

Questions you ask yourself:

• How can I produce more with less?
• Why is ERP insufficient?
• What is my daily production, in real time?
• How much does this production cost?
• How can I obtain precise and reliable production information?

MES enables you to:

• Centralise all production information
• Set up indicators to track production status in real time
• Coordinate production and ERP

This gives you better control over:

• Costs
• Capacity
• Production plant and equipment
• Energy consumption
• Waste management

Production Manager

Questions you ask yourself:

• What operator skills are needed?
• How should the teams be organised?
• Is every task affected?
• Are delivery times being met?
• What slippage is there, if any?

MES enables you to:

• Centralise production information
• Set up real time performance indicators
• Manage resources
• Reduce data input

This gives you better control over:

• Assignment of skills
• Team organisation
• Contingency management (absences, shortages, resources)
• Lead times
• Raw materials consumption

Operator

Questions you ask yourself:

• What should I do now?
• Why do I constantly have to fill out work sheets?
• Where are the documents I need? Are they up to date?
• Have I achieved the objectives set for the day?
• Do I have time to re-work a non-conforming part?

MES enables you to:

• Avoid spending time on tracking
• Display changes in the day’s indicators in real time
• Respond with full information to a problem
• List tasks that are constantly updated
• Track concrete objectives in real time
• Reduce data input time
• Have a better overview of the production process
• Make the most of your skills and take on more responsibilities

Maintenance Manager

Questions you ask yourself:

• What is the failure rate of each piece of equipment? How can failure be avoided?
• Do we have the spare part?
• When is the next production shutdown planned?
• Who will be available to do the job?

MES enables you to:

• See the details of down time (by cause, by machine)
• Immediately sound the alarm in case of slippage
• Know the operating parameters
• Transmit production and maintenance schedules

You can thus:

• Prevent equipment failures, stoppages and malfuntions and analyse them (history, hierarchy) to gain a better understanding
• Monitor production indicators
• Improve equipment reliability and increase equipment and tool availability
• Manage and plan maintenance work
• Work closely with production teams

Sales Manager

 Questions you ask yourself:

• What is the status of my order?
• How can I notify the customer if there is a delay?
• Is the information reliable?
• What alternative can I propose?

MES gives you information about:

• Current status of each order
• Production schedule, updated in real time
• Value of inventories (quantity, location), movements of raw materials between warehouses and production shops and WIP inventory status
• Quality level at all stages of production

Quality Manager

Questions you ask yourself:

• Does production comply with the customer’s specifications?
• How can the quality rate be improved?
• How can re-working and scrap be reduced?
• Is production compliant with all procedures and regulatory requirements?

MES enables you to:

• Analyse malfunctions
• Develop processes and track their use in real time
• Work closely with maintenance teams
• More easily comply with customer specifications, regulations, traceability requirements, quality processes, certifications and limits on waste generation