“MES systems have one or a combination of the following characteristics:
They send operations to a control system to be executed.
They read data from the control system as feedback on the state of an operation.
They read information from a control system for further analysis by the business.
MES systems often also integrate with enterprise business systems however this is an optional characteristic compared to those listed above”.
Bianca Schelten:
“MES is a belief”.
“Suppose the MES vendor goes bankrupt, or stops developing and supporting the product: every plant will feel the blow. So be shure you come to an understanding with the vendor on source code availabilty for this kind of emergency. If you have the source code, you can adapt and expand the MES yourself as needed”.
“By the implementation of a MES, your Excel and Access hell is past ”.
“MES = production management + quality management”, “MES = production intelligence”, “MES = integrated industry”, “MES = produktionsnahe Software”.
OMAC Packaging Workgroup ( OPW ) - The OMAC Packaging Workgroup ( OPW ) is one of three primary workgroups of OMAC, a users group formed to establish a repository of tools and deliverables and facilitate global standards among manufacturing end-users and equipment builders. OPW focuses on packaging operations and is leveraging S88 to define standards to equipment construction and connection to the enterprise. (Note that ISA and OMAC have agreed to merge with ISA being the parent organization. OMAC still maintains a separate web site at this time.)
Vogel Business Media GmbH & Co. KG "Schulungskurs MES. 3-Tages-Praxisseminar" - “Jeder Teilnehmer erhält ein Teilnahmezertifikat am Seminar. Wer an einer qualifizierten Beurteilung interessiert ist, erhält ein Beispiel zur Simulierung des Lernstoffs. Dieses ist innerhalb von 14 Tagen mittels des mitgelieferten Simulators abzubilden und dem Seminarleiter zuzuschicken. Es erfolgt eine Beurteilung, die zum Zertifikat des MES Informations-Manager (MIM) führt” → Certification as “MES Informations-Manager ( MIM )”.
The Business Opportunity for an innovative MES is to fill the “MES Gap” in the “MES Narrow” of the dataflow of traditional IT production systems, with appropriate functionality.
i-Logic Software "DNC Server" - “Our software for uploading and downloading to CNC machines. Our unique interface puts everything in one screen - the list of files, an edit window, send, receive, print. Can be configured for any number of machines”.
GE Intelligent Platforms e-Forum - “Due to an increase in malicious spamming activities, new registrations require a valid company domain email address; eg. email domains such as @gmail.com or @yahoo.com are not accepted. In addition, email domains that cannot be clearly authenticated to be an applicable company; eg. cheapstuff.com, are not accepted” .