EcoEMOS for Hyundai Alabama
Factory wide MES with EcoEMOS
The customer: Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama
(HMMA), Montgomery/USA
Auto manufacturer Hyundai built a new passenger car
works at Montgomery/USA between 2002 and 2005. The
new factory extends over an area of more than two million
square meters and includes press, body and paint shops,
an assembly facility and engine and powertrain
manufacturing plants.
Not only the Sonata mid class saloon car is produced here
but also the Santa Fe SUV. Approximately 2,700 people
work at the factory, which is designed for three shift
production over a six day working week. This represents
an annual production capacity of around 300,000 vehicles.
The project:
HMMA introduced a factory wide Manufacturing Execution
System (MES) for the monitoring and control of production.
This Korean auto manufacturer chose Drrs web based
EcoEMOS production control system.
The reasons for selecting Drr were:

Drrs many years of experience in control systems for
auto production processes

integrated EcoEMOS functions designed specifically for
the automotive industry

utilization of the most modern, state-of-the-art web
technologies
Software by professionals for professionals
EcoEMOS for Hyundai Alabama

Drr Systems GmbH 2009

Introduction of an MES
HMMA calls the second system element a dynamic vehicle
The task:
rescheduling system. Using the conveyor equipment as a
HMMAs aim was to introduce two integrated system
basis, the system controls the flow of bodies and parts
elements:
from the body shop through to final assembly and

a hierarchical production and plant monitoring system
provides information on order location and status. To do
covering maintenance, production and management in
this EcoEMOS is equipped with the following functions:
all production shops as well as
worker availability oriented or schedule oriented controls

an automatic rescheduling system to implement pre-
for high bay storage
planned order sequences or to calculate different

priority controlled fast track lanes in buffers
sequences of their own to suit order requirements in the

swapping of body assignment orders in order to restart
final assembly facility
schedule

The solution:
The fully web compatible production and plant monitoring Customer benefits
system designed for HMMA is made up of hierarchically
Comprehensive, seamlessly integrated, factory wide
linked graphical visualization displays. Starting from the solution with numerous functions and statistics for a
factory overview or an overview of one of the shops within variety of user groups
the factory, detailed displays can be called up descending
Extensive savings as a result of efficient order scheduling
right down to the actuator/sensor level. The images are
Global access to key factory production figures via the
generated with Microsoft PowerPoint and show, for Hyundai intranet
example, the status of plant sections, production numbers,
information on vehicles or parts or technical key perform- Contact
ance values. Displays in the form of suspended, large
Ullrich Mllmann / Product Manager
screen TFT monitors are also created with PowerPoint.
Drr Systems GmbH
Carl-Benz-Str. 34, 74321 Bietigheim-Bissingen
Additional EcoEMOS modules are utilized for production
analyses (e.g. availability calculations, downtime analyses,
Tel +49 7142 78-1832
etc.), the factory calendar, automatic switching, tracking,
Fax +49 7142 78-1600
cycle time evaluations, shift and occupancy counters,
Ullrich.Moellmann@durr.com
operating schedules, media consumption amongst other
purposes.
www.durr.com

Factory wide MES with EcoEMOS