<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Due to the increasing competitive environment in the manufacturing sector, many industries have the need for a computer integrated engineering management system. The Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is a computer system designed for product manufacturing with high quality, low cost and minimum lead time. MES is a type of middleware providing the required information for the optimization of production from launching of a product order to its completion. There are many studies dealing with the advantages of the use of MES, but little research was conducted on how to implement MES effectively. A solution to this issue are KPIs. KPIs are important to many strategic philosophies or practices for improving the production process. This paper describes a proposal for analyzing manufacturing system parameters with the use of KPIs.</p></abstract>

Due to the increasing competitive environment in the manufacturing sector, many industries have the need for a computer integrated engineering management system. The Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is a computer system designed for product manufacturing with high quality, low cost and minimum lead time. MES is a type of middleware providing the required information for the optimization of production from launching of a product order to its completion. There are many studies dealing with the advantages of the use of MES, but little research was conducted on how to implement MES effectively. A solution to this issue are KPIs. KPIs are important to many strategic philosophies or practices for improving the production process. This paper describes a proposal for analyzing manufacturing system parameters with the use of KPIs.

A Proposal for Production Data Collection on a Hybrid Production Line in Cooperation with MES

Institute of Applied Informatics, Automation and Mechatronics, Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Ulica Jána Bottu 2781/25, 917 24 Trnava, Slovak Republic

Research Papers Faculty of Materials Science and Technology Slovak University of Technology

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Due to the increasing competitive environment in the manufacturing sector, many industries have the need for a computer integrated engineering management...

A Proposal for Production Data Collection on a Hybrid Production Line in Cooperation with MES

Published Online: Apr 04, 2017

Page range: 137 - 144

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rput-2016-0028

Keywords
MES, production line, KPI, manufacturing

© 2016 Jaroslav Znamenák et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

A Proposal for Production Data Collection on a Hybrid Production Line in Cooperation with MES

Published Online: Apr 04, 2017

Page range: 137 - 144

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rput-2016-0028

KeywordsMES, production line, KPI, manufacturing

© 2016 Jaroslav Znamenák et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
MES, production line, KPI, manufacturing