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| Foreword | |
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| Acronyms | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Motivation | |
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| Aim of This Book | |
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| Structure of This Book | |
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| Factory of the Future | |
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| Historical Development of Manufacturing Execution Systems | |
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| Development of Business Data Processing | |
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| The Integration Concept: From CIM to the Digital Factory | |
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| Definitions of Terms | |
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| Classification of Terms | |
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| Company Management Level | |
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| Production Management Level | |
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| Control/Automation Level | |
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| Shortfalls of Existing Architectures and Solutions | |
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| Patchwork | |
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| No Common Database | |
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| Excessive Response Times | |
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| High Operating and Management Outlay | |
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| Demands of Future Production Management Systems | |
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| Target Management | |
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| Integration of Applications and Data | |
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| Real-Time Data Management | |
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| Information Management | |
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| Compliance Management | |
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| Lean Sigma and MES | |
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| Summary | |
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| Concepts and Technologies | |
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| Commonalities between Existing Approaches and MES | |
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| Norms and Guidelines | |
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| ISA | |
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| IEC | |
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| VDI | |
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| FDA | |
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| NAMUR | |
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| Recommendations | |
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| MESA | |
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| VDA | |
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| VDMA | |
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| ZVEI | |
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| Adjacent Areas | |
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| Historical Development of ERP/PPS Systems | |
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| ERP/PPS Systems | |
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| Process Management Systems | |
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| Scada Systems | |
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| Simulation Systems | |
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| Product Lifecycle Management | |
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| Historical Development | |
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| Product Model | |
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| Process Model | |
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| Implementation Strategies | |
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| Points of Contact with MES | |
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| Summary | |
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| Core Function-Production Flow-Oriented Design | |
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| Cross-System Cohesiveness | |
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| Classification in the Overall System | |
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| General and Complete Data Model | |
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| Origins of Master Data | |
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| Data Model for Product Definition | |
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| Relevant Concepts | |
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| The Operation | |
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| The Work Plan | |
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| The Parts List | |
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| Change Management and Product History | |
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| Data Model for Resource Management | |
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| Description of Production Environment | |
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| Production Personnel | |
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| Operating Resources | |
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| Materials and Preliminary Products | |
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| Information and Documents | |
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| System and Auxiliary Data | |
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| Order Fulfillment Data | |
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| Orders | |
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| Production Data, Operating Data, and Machine Data | |
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| Derived Performance Data and Figures | |
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| Summary | |
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| Core Function-Production Flow-Oriented Planning | |
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| Integration within the Overall Process | |
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| Order Data Management | |
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| Supply Management within the MES | |
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| Demand Planning | |
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| Material Requirement Calculation | |
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| Material Disposition in the MES or ERP System | |
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| Incoming Goods | |
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| Interaction between the ERP System and the MES | |
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| Material Warehousing Costs | |
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| The Planning Process | |
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| Planning Objectives | |
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| The "Updated" Work Plan: Condition for Optimized Planning | |
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| Work Scheduling | |
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| Strategies for Sequence Planning and Planning Algorithms | |
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| Forward Planning/Reverse Planning/Bottleneck Planning | |
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| Collision-Free Planning of a Time Container | |
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| Setup Optimization and Warehousing Costs | |
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| The Importance of the Control Station | |
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| Core Elements | |
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| User Interface | |
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| Personnel Planning and Release of Orders | |
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| Summary | |
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| Core Function-Order Processing | |
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| General Information on Order Processing | |
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| Classification within the Overall System | |
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| Functions of Order Fulfillment | |
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| The MES Terminal | |
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| Order Preparation and Setup | |
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| Changing Tools | |
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| Machine Settings | |
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| Material Provision | |
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| Test Run | |
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| Order Control | |
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| Information Management | |
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| Control and Tracing of Production Units | |
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| Managing the Production Bin | |
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| Material Flow Control | |
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| Order Processing and Operating Data Recording | |
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| Process and Quality Assurance | |
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| Performance Data | |
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| Involved Departments | |
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| Key Figures and Performance Record | |
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| Ongoing Analysis and Evaluations | |
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| More Long-Term Analyses and Evaluations | |
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| Maintenance Management | |
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| Tasks | |
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| Preventive Maintenance and Repair | |
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| Alarm Management | |
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| Summary | |
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| Technical Aspects | |
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| Software Architecture | |
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| Fundamental Variants | |
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| Overview of Central Components | |
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| Platform Independence | |
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| Scalability | |
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| Flexible Adjustment versus Suitability for Updates | |
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| MES and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) | |
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| Database | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Resource Monitoring | |
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| Scaling the Database System | |
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| Data Management and Archiving | |
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| Running Maintenance | |
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| Interfaces with Other IT Systems | |
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| Overview | |
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| Interface with Production | |
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| Interface with an ERP System | |
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| Interface with the IT Infrastructure | |
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| Interface with Communication Systems | |
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| Other Interfaces | |
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| User Interfaces | |
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| Usage and Visualization | |
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| Reporting | |
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| Automated Information Distribution | |
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| Summary | |
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| Evaluation of the Cost-Effectiveness of Mes | |
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| General Information on Cost-Effectiveness | |
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| Calculation of Cost-Effectiveness | |
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| Comparative Cost Method | |
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| Value-Benefit Analysis | |
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| Performance Measurement | |
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| Total Cost of Ownership | |
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| General Information on Evaluation | |
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| Assessing Cost-Effectiveness in Practice | |
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| Rationalization Measures in Production | |
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| MES for Reducing Sources of Loss | |
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| The Benefits of an MES | |
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| Integrated Data Transparency | |
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| Reducing Time Usage | |
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| Reducing Administration Expenses | |
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| Improved Customer Service | |
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| Improved Quality | |
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| Early Warning System, Real-Time Cost Control | |
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| Increasing Employee Productivity | |
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| Compliance with Directives | |
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| The Costs of an MES | |
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| Summary | |
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| Implementing an MES in Production | |
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| Implementing IT Systems in General | |
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| Selection of Components | |
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| Implementation Strategies | |
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| Problems during Implementation | |
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| Preparation of the Implementation Project | |
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| Establishing the Core Team | |
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| The Fundamental Decision: MES: Yes or No | |
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| Establishing the Project Team | |
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| Analysis of the Actual Situation | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Existing Infrastructure | |
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| Existing Processes and Required Functions | |
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| Key Figures as the Basis for Monitoring Success | |
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| Suitable Key Figures for Success Monitoring | |
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| Other Factors for Success | |
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| Creation of a Project Plan | |
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| Contract Specifications | |
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| Selection of a Suitable System | |
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| Market Situation | |
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| Short-Listing and Limiting to Two or Three Applicants | |
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| Detailed Analysis of the Favorites and Decision | |
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| Implementation Process | |
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| Project Management | |
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| Training Management | |
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| Operating Concept | |
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| Summary | |
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| Examples for Application | |
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| Mixed Processes | |
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| Sensient Technologies: Emulsions | |
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| Information on Sensient Technologies Corporation | |
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| Description of the Production Process | |
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| Basic Quantity Units and Production Units | |
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| Production Process Plan | |
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| Challenges for the MES | |
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| Realization and Implementation | |
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| Acker: Synthetic Fiber Fabrics | |
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| Information on the Company | |
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| Description of the Production Process | |
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| Basic Quantity Units and Production Units | |
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| Production Flow Plan | |
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| Tasks of the MES | |
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| Challenges | |
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| Realization and Implementation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Visions | |
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| Merging the Systems | |
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| The MES as a Medium of Product-Development Management | |
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| Phases of Product Development | |
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| Request Handling | |
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| Concept Documentation and Designing Requirements | |
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| Construction of the Product | |
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| Computer-Aided Flow Planning | |
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| Production Management | |
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| Standardization of Function Modules | |
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| Merging Consultancy Activities and IT Systems | |
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| Summary | |
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| Summary of the Book | |
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| References | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |