MES software tools An overview Ananda Chakraborti Tampere

MES software tools – An overview Ananda Chakraborti Tampere University of Technology

Approach • Journal/conf articles search with keywords “Manufacturing Execution Systems software tools survey”, “open-source Manufacturing Execution Systems” • 2018 CGI MES Product survey • Web search with same keywords • Whitepapers search of relevant MES and LEAN tools • Contacting MES tool vendors (email, phone) 30. 10. 2020 2

Commercial tools Please refer to the excel sheet for clarity 30. 10. 2020 3

Fuctionality score chart of popular commercial MES 1 0 Aegis 1 2 3 Pyramid Solutions 4 5 Lighthouse 6 7 Dassault Systems Aspen GE IQMS Epicor Leanware MPDV Mikrolab Invensys Delfoi ABB Emerson Process Management Forcam sepasoft IBS Siemens Schneider Electric SAP 8 9 SAP ME 30. 10. 2020 4

Open source tools Software Vendor Functionalities MES Tool Machine task allocation Detailed Scheduling Dispatching Document Control Production Units Machine Data People Productivity acquisition (labor tracking) Quality Management Tracking and Genealogy (Tracking and Traceability) Product Tracking Material Tracking (Inventory, WIP, consumption) Energy consumption tracking OEE and Downtime tracking Process tracking Tool Tracking Maintenance Performance Analysis (KPI reporting) score Odoo order receipt, data base maintaining BOM records assign people to task finished Bill of materials tracking, product delivery order tracking notifications cost 6 qcadoo scheduling with gantt chart Bill of materials, batch labor work time genealogy tree track record, warehouse components record cost, calculated work time 5 MRPEasy MRPeasy schedule and reschedule in gantt chart Lot tracking, automated inventory transactions, stock tracking Provides OEE calculations provides a dashboard of orders, CRM, OEE 4 Please refer to the excel sheet for clarity 30. 10. 2020 5

Conclusion • A brief survey of commercial and open-source MES tools are performed based on MES functions • Next step - Detailed requirements plan and functional specifications will be conducted for MES tool selection 30. 10. 2020 6

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