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Applying Manufacturing Execution Systems (IC60)

Length: 2 days
CEU Credits: 1.4
Course Hours: 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
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Related Course: Implementing Business to MES Integration Using the ANSI/ISA95 Standards (IC55)

Description:

Today’s manufacturing environment demands smaller lot sizes, faster cycle times, greater flexibility, and smaller inventory buffers than ever before. This course addresses not only what a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is and where it came from, but how it can affect market share and competitive position through faster response, broader product offerings, reduced time-to-market, and better performance against commitments to customers.

You will be able to:

• Identify the business drivers that make effective MES a competitive weapon in today’s manufacturing environment
• Recognize the evolution and functional modules of a typical MES
• Recognize application issues of core and support functions
• Visualize where MES fits in relationship to planning systems (ERP) and plant equipment control devices
• Recognize return on investment opportunities to justify MES efforts
• Explain how to develop a business case that drives a requirements definition document
• List the basic steps in developing the user requirements for an MES
• Define and apply an implementation approach that delivers results

You will cover:

• History and Evolution of MES: Why these Systems are Part of the Manufacturing Landscape | How They Fit with Planning Systems and Plant Floor Control Systems
• Core and Support Modules: Typical Core Module Functions | Support Module Functions | Integration
• MES System Benefits: Financial and Management Justification | How Companies Benefit from System Implementations | How MES is a Part of the Supply Chain Management Process
• Typical System Benefits: Translate Benefits into Return on Investment Opportunities and Project Phases
• System Configuration Examples: Possible Architectures Worldwide | Corporate-wide | Plant-wide
• Implementation Approaches: Long-term Relationships and Partnering | Software Licensing | System Integration

Classroom/Laboratory Exercises:

• Examine a possible MES business case and requirements definition
• Configure and operate a simulated MES demonstration

Includes ISA Standard:

•  ANSI/ISA95.00.03-2005 - Enterprise-Control System Integration, Part 3: Models of Manufacturing Operations Management

If you wish to register offline, download the Training Registration Form, complete, and return to ISA with your payment.

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