Production Management

Manufacturing Execution System (MES)

Agility to meet today's manufacturing demands

DESBA understands that to be competitive in the 21st century, agility is the key to running a high-performance organization. Reshaping your business and manufacturing operations toward greater efficiency strengthens your corporate brand.

The MES system is the key layer integrated with the rest of your corporate systems. It reflects, minute by minute, what's happening on the plant floor, providing real-time information (production efficiency, order fulfillment, input consumption).

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The key: integrating your traditional systems with a MES platform

Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) provide the real-time information needed to optimize production systems, from the release of a manufacturing order through to the finished product.

Facing new challenges while maintaining profitability requires an innovative approach that balances:

  • Greater visibility and true understanding of production capacity
  • Reduced production costs
  • Less time spent (man-hours) and more focus on value-adding tasks
  • Improved product quality

Specific benefits of the MES system:

  • Operational efficiency and production flexibility
  • Enables auditing at any moment
  • Improved product quality levels
  • Increased productivity
  • Efficient handling of plant-floor documentation
  • Digital integration and control of every process and operation

Align your operational and business goals. Market leaders need to respond quickly and cost-effectively to shifts in demand and supply.

Supported terminals and devices

PC / Mobile / Smartphones

  • Windows clients
  • Smartphone clients
  • PDA data-collector device clients
  • SharePoint integration
  • Lets each area use the most cost-effective devices
  • Signage devices

MES – ERP integration

MES systems are the natural bridge between management systems (ERP, Supply Chain), focused on business transactions, and plant-floor control systems (PLCs, sensors, actuators).

MES–ERP integration gives production staff a real-time overview of production runs as well as cost and performance indicators across their process lines.

MES system modules

📦 Inventory management

  • Manages warehouses and locations
  • Manages categories and subcategories
  • Manages racks and pallets
  • Uniquely identifies and locates packages
  • Controls expiration dates, batches and serial numbers
  • Identifies one or several barcodes
  • Recognizes different packaging for the same item
  • Classification and quality-status control
  • Identifies own or third-party stock

⚙️ Machinery and equipment management

  • Master data for machines, sensors and devices
  • Attach drivers for machine control
  • Used in line building and planning
  • Cost control
  • Connected devices enable real-time consumption tracking
  • The system can command devices within the process

🔧 Engineering

  • Version control
  • Tree-hierarchy organization of operations
  • No limit on operation nesting
  • Support for line configurations
  • Support for "generic" inputs
  • Support for inventory reservations
  • Support for recovered or reprocessed inputs

🏭 Production

  • Custom production workflows
  • Full lifecycle control of a production order
  • Different order states: planned, released, activated, closed
  • Real-time control of which order is active
  • Efficiency KPIs in $ and time
  • Real-time evaluation of economic efficiency
  • Minute-by-minute progress status

🚚 Supply

  • Supply allocation by line and warehouse
  • FEFO, FIFO, LIFO consumption handling
  • Control of open packages
  • Transfers and consumption
  • Automatic and manual consumption
  • Supply delivery route planning
  • Distribution center (DC) management

Frequently asked questions about the MES system

What is a MES system and what is it used for?

A MES (Manufacturing Execution System) monitors, controls and documents the manufacturing process in real time, connecting the production floor with the company's management systems (ERP).

What concrete benefits does a MES system provide?

It improves operational efficiency, makes auditing possible at any time, increases productivity, improves product quality, and gives real-time visibility into production.

How does a MES integrate with a company's other systems?

A MES acts as a bridge between management systems (ERP, Supply Chain) and plant-floor control systems (PLCs, sensors, actuators), giving a unified view of costs, performance and production execution in real time.

What industries typically implement a MES system?

It's especially valuable in industries with complex production processes and high quality standards, such as food, pharmaceutical and manufacturing in general, where traceability and real-time control are critical.

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