What is an MES (manufacturing execution system)?
A system that manages and tracks shop-floor production, recording the progress, materials, equipment and quality of each production job.
In detail
The ERP handles “what to produce and how much”; the MES handles “how production is actually going on the shop floor”. It dispatches jobs to workstations and collects completed quantities, material usage, equipment status and inspection results in real time, giving managers a true view of production progress.
For example
The shop-floor supervisor sees on screen that one production line's completion rate today is only 60%, clicks through and finds that a machine was down for two hours.
How companies use it
Start with production reporting and progress tracking, then gradually extend to quality, equipment and materials management.
Common misconceptions
Data still entered by workers after their shift. Without timely data, the system loses its purpose as a real-time management tool.
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