D-04 / DATA & AI
MES (Manufacturing Execution System)
Connect planning with the shop floor and link material, equipment, people and process data for execution, quality, resource coordination and end-to-end traceability.
Manufacturing execution, shared services and data collection
Progress · quality and production reports · pre-production / in-process dashboards · management dashboard · exception analysis · OEE
Planning · production execution · quality · materials and warehousing · equipment and resources · barcode management
Polishing / grinding equipment · PLCs · robots · instruments · CMMs · test rigs
Planning, execution, and quality form the core production workflow
Decision support
Progress monitoring, quality reports, production reports and equipment OEE.
Pre-production and in-process dashboards, management dashboards and exception analysis.
Planning management
Planning management
- Order management
- Production scheduling
- Readiness checks
- Production assignment
Order management, order breakdown, production scheduling and material-readiness checks.
Order progress, work-order progress, production assignment and batch plans.
Production execution
Production execution
- Production tasks
- Execution records
- Assembly logs
- Parameter records
- Operation inspection
- Exception reporting
Production tasks, FO/AO, execution records and production traceability.
Assembly logs, parameter records and operation logs.
Operation inspection, packaging management and exception reporting.
Quality management
Quality management
- Inspection programmes / plans / tasks
- Defect definitions / records
- Quality gates
- Decisions and quality traceability
Inspection methods, inspection plans, certificate management and concession release.
First-article inspection, patrol inspection, quality gates and final inspection.
Defect classification, defect definitions and records, material disposition and quality traceability.
Manufacturing resources organised around execution
Factory modelling
Factory modelling
Factory units · calendars · shifts
Factory modelling, production units, location management and capacity mapping.
Equipment models, warehouse management, factory calendar and shift modelling.
BOM and processes
BOM and processes
Material master data · bills of materials · routings · process parameters · engineering changes
Material groups, material master data, BOM management, component lists and ESOP.
Process routes, operations, operation parameters, data-collection details and process changes.
Warehouse logistics
Warehouse logistics
Material issue · feeding · stocktake · transfer · delivery · finished-goods receipt
Inventory details, inventory ledger, inventory logs, stocktaking and relocation.
Scrap requests, planned material issues, production preparation, material-return requests and finished-goods receipts.
Logistics monitoring, delivery tasks, shelf-life management, urgent replenishment and barcode-verified material loading.
Equipment and resource management
Equipment and resource management
Equipment register · status · repair · maintenance · inspection · tool life
Manage tools, moulds, gauges and related resources.
Equipment register, equipment state, state history, equipment repair, maintenance and inspection.
Issue and borrowing, resource types, resource registers and resource preparation.
Periodic-inspection management, repair management, scrap management and tool life.
Barcode management
Barcode management
Raw material · WIP · finished goods · packaging and fixture labels
Printer configuration, template maintenance and general printing.
Raw-material, semi-finished-goods and finished-goods labels.
Packaging labels and tooling / fixture labels.
Workbench and shared services support daily collaboration
Personal workbench
Personal workbench
- To-dos & messages
- Configuration
- Production calendar
- Exception handling
- Result validation
- Knowledge base
- Approvals
Workbench configuration, notifications, platform documentation, operations support and external links.
Personal tasks, frequently used functions, announcements, improvement suggestions and the production calendar.
Initiate and handle exceptions, validate results and maintain an exception knowledge base.
Workflow approval.
Foundation services
Foundation services
Users & permissions · data · code management · scheduled tasks · integration
User management
Organisations and people, roles, data permissions, function permissions and personnel qualifications.
Data management
Data dictionary, error codes and data imports.
Coding management
Data types, formula definitions and coding rules.
Scheduled tasks
cron configuration, task definitions and scheduled tasks.
Integration management
Connector management, interface definitions, integration logs and data collection.
Equipment data collection and end-to-end traceability
Data collection
- Polishing / grinding equipment
- PLCs
- robots
- instruments
- CMMs
- test rigs
Data can be collected from polishing equipment, PLCs, robot arms, instruments, coordinate-measuring machines, test rigs and grinding equipment.
Use a unique identifier throughout the process to link equipment data with production and quality records.
Support both forward and backward tracing to provide end-to-end traceability.
Unique identification connects end-to-end traceability
Material / batch
Batch / supplier data
Process & equipment
Process / equipment / parameters
Inspection & defects
Results / defect records
Finished-goods label
Serial / batch / label
Forward / reverse trace
Connected process data
Start by defining the operational challenge.
Share the current process, constraints and intended outcome. We will assess the smallest verifiable starting scope.