Manufacturing Execution System

Oliver L. Hung
11-09-2003

Definition

MES are at the heart of CIM. The simplest model

of CIM has MES as the middle ground between
ERP systems and individual machine and
automation controls
ERP systems handle financial functions, customer
orders and send production requests to the factory
floor. MES provide overall control and
management of the factory floor, and provide
updated information the ERP. (Semiconductor
International 1997)

Relationship
P la n n in g

M R P II/
ERP

C o r p o r a te

b a tc h ,
p ro d u c tio n ru n
re p o rtin g o r
c o m p le tio n

p ro d u c tio n p la n n in g ,
s c h e d u lin g

P la n t

M ES
a c tu a l p ro c e s s c o n d ito n s ,
c o m p le tio n o f p ro c e s s s te p s
a n d o p e ra tio n s , p e rfo rm a n c e
o f e q u ip m e n t a n d ra w
m a te ria l a n d o p e ra to r
a c tio n s

re c ip e s
p ro c e s s s e tp o in ts
o p e ra tin g in s tru c tio n s

R o b o ts /
A G V

PLC

D C S

W h e n /W h a t to m a k e
P la n n e d /s ta n d a rd le a d tim e s /
y ie ld s /w a s te s /c o s ts

E x e c u tio n
P ro d u c tio n m a n a g e m e n t/tra c k in g
- W IP , e q u ip m e n t, o p e ra to rs
P ro d u c tio n s c h e d u lin g
Q u a lity c o n tro l/S Q C
C o s tin g
M a in te n a n c e
M a n a g e m e n t fu n c tio n s C o m m u n ic a tio n s , re p o rtin g

C o n tr o l

L a d d e r lo g ic
C o n tin u o u s fe e d b a c k
P ID
A d v a n c e d c o n tro l

ERP-MES-Control Data Flow

Planning
MPRII/ERP
Forecasting
Costing
Production Planning
Product Definition
Process Definition
SOP
Human Resources
Inventory Management
Purchasing
Distribution

Focus:
Customer
Decision Location:
Office

Execution
MES

Product Demand
BOM/Formula/Recipe/Drawing
/Part Program
Resources
Routing/Process
Labor Characteristics
Inventory Status
SOP, HEALTH, WORK Instructions

Order Status/COmpletions
/Start-Due-End
Resource Status/Usage
Labor Status/Usage
Material Status/Usage
Actual BOM/Formula/Recipe/
Drawing/Part Program
Actual Routing/Process
Product Genealogy/Traceability
/As Built Information
Scrap/Waste

Resource Alloc./Status
Operations Scheduling
Production Dispatching
Document Control
Data Collection/Acq.
Labor Management
WIP Status/Traceability
Quality Management
Performance Analysis
Process Management
Product Tracking
and Genealogy
Maintenance
Management

Focus:
Product
Decision Location:
Factory

Control
Process Instructions:
Work Instructions, Part Programs,
Order Specific, Machine
Utilization, Work Certification
Requirements
Operator Instructions:
(predictive) & Preventative
Maintenance,
Material Safety Instructions
(documents), Machine Operation
Instructions (documents)

Recipes,

Monitoring & Sensing

Scheduled

Process
Equipment
Environment
Labor
Material

Control
Drill Down (inquiries) Status
Process Status
Batch End Reports

Ad Hoc Inquires
Materials Analysis
Events:
Time/Date/Lot/Alarms
Data Collected from Monitoring
Functions:
Process, Equipment,
Environment, Labor, Material, Product
Parameters

Machine Control
Regulatory Control
Realtime QC
Advanced Process Controls

Operations
Process Sequencing
Machine & Process Instructions
Labor Instructions
Human Machine Interfacing
Safety
Maintenance
Focus:
Process
Decision Location:
Shop Floor/Plant Floor

MESA International-White Paper

MES Technology Model

SCM
Systems

API

ERP
Systems

API

Legacy
Systems

API

MES Functional Logic

API

SSM
Systems

API

P/PE
Systems

API

Controls

Data
Warehouse

Tools
(OLAP)

Data Model
(Relational or Other)

Back
Office

EDI

API

Messaging

Data Communications

Data Std./Translation
(ODBC)

Database

EDI

Current MES
architecture
incorporates a data
model and
communication
mechanism per
vendors system
which could represent
one or many MES
functions, plus APIs for
interfacing to external
systems and EDI to link
outside the corporation.

Subcontractors
MESA International-White Paper

Application

MES Functions

Resource Allocation and Status

Operations/Detail Scheduling
Dispatching Production Units
Document Control
Data Collection/Acquisition
Labor Management
Quality Management
Process Management
Maintenance Management
Product Tracking and Genealogy
Performance Analysis

Software
MES Suppliers
Company

Product

Description

CAMSTAR

ControlVision

Equipment control software

CAMSTAR

MESA

MES

COMPAQ

PROMIS, PROMIS Encore!

MES, CIM

Consilium

Workstream DFS

MES

Fastech Integration

CellWork, FactoryWorks,
SPCWorks, WinSECS

Automation level software

and MES

IBM

SuperPOSEIDON/SiView

CIM framework

PRI Automation

Transet

Automation control software

Texas Instruments

WORKS

CIM framework

Wonderware

Intrack

MES

Software
MES Suppliers
Company

Product

General
Industry

Key Target
Markets

Hardware
Platforms

Database

Operating
Systems

COMPAQ

PROMIS

batch process,
repetitive

semiconductor,
electronics

DEC
VAX/ALPHA,
HP-UX

DEC RMS,
Oracle

Open VMS,
VMS, Digital
UNIX, HP-UX

COMPAQ

PROMIS
Encore!

batch process,
repetitive

semiconductor,
electronics

Windows NT,
UNIX

Oracle

Windows
95/NT, UNIX

Consilium

Workstream
DES

batch process,
repetitive

semiconductor,
electronics

DEC
VAX/APLHA,
, UP-UX

Informix,
Oracle

VAX, HP-UX

IBM

POSEIDON/
SiView

batch process,
repetitive

semiconductor,
electronics

IBM

DB2

AIX /Windows
NT

Major Products

Consilium
HP-Compaq
IBM

Consilium-Applied Materials

WorkStream MES I functionality provides

solutions in five main areas:

Process Tracking and Monitoring

Automation and Integration
Quality and Engineering Management
Scheduling and Dispatching
Reporting and Data Warehousing

Consilium-Applied Materials

FAB300 MES II

IBM

SiView

Object-oriented applications a strength of SiView

Standard.

Scheduling
Specification Manager
Materials Manager
Quality Manager
Automation Manager
Common Object Support Services (COSS) from IBM
Event Notification Services
Business Object Server
Systems Management

eProduction

HP-Compaq

SemiSuite

PROMIS
ENCORE!