
4. Setting up an MES project: form and content
4.1 Background
Basically, the aim of implementing an MES tool is to automate the management of operational processes.
This means:
detail the current processes to be automated;
identify the technical data required to describe and operate these processes;
model these processes in an MES tool;
implement these models in the field;
adapt organizations and practices to exploit these models.
Let's take an MES project whose objective is to improve the performance (OEE) of a production line. Here are a...
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Bibliography
Websites
French-language MES portal http://www.mesportal.org
ISA, International Society of Automation http://www.isa.org
ANSI, American National Standard Institute http://www.ansi.org
...Events
Assises du Club MES 2011, annual meeting http://assises.club-mes.com
Production Temps Réel 2011, Rennes, Lyon Paris
Standards and norms
International standard IEC/ISO 62264
- Partie 1 : Object Models and Attributes of Manufacturing Operations - IEC/ISO 62264-1 -
- Partie 2 : Object Model Attributes - IEC/ISO 62264-2 -
- Partie 3 : Activity Models of Manufacturing Operations Management - IEC/ISO 62264-3 -
- Partie 4 : Object Models and Attributes of Manufacturing Operations - IEC/ISO 62264-4 -
- Partie 5 : Object Models...
Directories
Manufacturers – Suppliers – Distributors (non-exhaustive list)
Creative IT http://www.creative-it.net/suivi-de-production
Mesware http://www.mesware.be
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