MES System for Production Control and Monitoring
An MES system connects production planning with the work actually performed out in production. Through digital reporting, the company gains better oversight of manufacturing orders, time consumption, status, and outcomes. Prosmart provides manufacturing companies with production-floor system support where planning and monitoring can be integrated.
What Is an MES System?
MES stands for Manufacturing Execution System. An MES is used to control, measure, and monitor what happens in production.
The ERP system manages the company’s overall business flow, and the MPS system helps plan materials and production. MES is used on the production floor through connection of production equipment that shows how work actually progresses.
This can include, for example:
- Display current manufacturing orders.
- Provide operators with access to relevant information.
- Report completed work and time consumed.
- Track status for different operations.
- Compare planned time and cost with actual outcomes.
- Create better data for post-calculations and monitoring.
From Planning to Actual Production Outcomes
A production plan is only valuable if it can be followed and updated as work is performed. When reporting is done manually or after the fact, it becomes difficult to get a current picture of production.
With digital reporting, production management can more quickly see what is completed, what is in progress, and where deviations have occurred. This makes it easier to reprioritize, communicate changes, and make decisions based on actual production data.
Common Problems with Manual Reporting
When information is handled with paper, verbal communication, or separate spreadsheets, the following often occurs:
- Delayed information about production status.
- Time-consuming manual compilation.
- Difficulty seeing time consumption per operation.
- Lack of connection between planning and actual outcomes.
- Person-dependent work methods.
- Weaker data for calculations and improvement work.
Digital production monitoring makes information accessible to both operators and production management.
How Prosmart Supports Production Work
With Prosmart, operators can view information and report manufacturing orders via computer, tablet, or terminal. The reported time can then be used in post-calculations and compared with the original preliminary calculation.
This provides better understanding of:
- How long different operations actually take.
- How production stands in relation to the plan.
- Which orders need to be prioritized.
- How manufacturing cost relates to sales price.
- Where there is opportunity to improve processes.
Because the information exists in the same system as orders, inventory, and planning, a coherent flow is created from customer order to finished product.
A System Shaped by Production
Production flows look different depending on products, machines, workstations, and work methods. Therefore, system support needs to be adaptable to the business.
Prosmart is shaped by your routines and can be developed as needs change. The goal is for operators and production management to receive the right information without the work method becoming unnecessarily complicated.
Digital Monitoring Directly from Production
At Pa-So Produkter, production staff work with work orders and report time directly in Prosmart. At the same time, production management can continuously monitor utilization, costs, inventory balances, and time consumption. This creates better oversight of production and provides clearer data for planning and monitoring. Read the customer case about Pa-So Produkter
Frequently Asked Questions About MES Systems
MPS helps the company plan materials, capacity, and manufacturing orders. MES is used closer to production to control, report, and monitor how efficiently machines are utilized.
ERP holds together the company’s overall business processes. MES focuses on execution and monitoring out in production.
Yes. Operators can view information and report manufacturing orders digitally. The data can then be used for monitoring and post-calculations.
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