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What is Manufacturing Execution System

Chapter 330
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
A collection of hardware/software components that enables the management to control production activities from order launch to finished goods. While maintaining current and accurate data, a MES guides, initiates, responds to and reports on plant activities as they occur. MES provides mission-critical information about production activities to decision support processes across the shop floor level of manufacturing management (Barkmeyer, Denno, Feng, Jones, & Wallace, 1999)
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Integration of MES and ERP
Vladimír Modrák (Technical University of Košice, Slovakia)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 4
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-026-4.ch330
Abstract
In the present manufacturing paradigm, manufacturing execution systems (MESs) play a significant role in effective manufacturing management. Offered software solutions simultaneously close the gap between Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and production equipment control or SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) applications. Current ERP systems usually contain modules for material management, accounting, human resource management and all other functions that support business operations. In the past years, the role of ERP has been extended to cross-organizational coordination. Nowadays, as optimization of production activities is increasingly topical, a cooperation of ERP and MES becomes a serious concern of manufacturing managers.
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Supply Chain Information Systems and Decision Support
A manufacturing execution systems allows for recording, reporting, online enquiry, planning, and scheduling of production floor activities.
Published in Chapter: Supply Chain Information Systems and Decision Support; From: Encyclopedia of Decision Making and Decision Support Technologies
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Chapter 162
Decision Support for Smart Manufacturing
Computerized systems used in manufacturing to track and document the transformation of raw materials to finished goods.
Published in Chapter: Decision Support for Smart Manufacturing; From: Encyclopedia of Organizational Knowledge, Administration, and Technology
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A Practical Approach to Manufacturing Execution Systems at Bosch AvP: Scope, Structure, and Implementation
An information system supporting real-time production control, thereby running most manufacturing operations, and storing traceability data.
Published in Chapter: A Practical Approach to Manufacturing Execution Systems at Bosch AvP: Scope, Structure, and Implementation; From: Technological Developments in Industry 4.0 for Business Applications
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