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Best Practices for a Successful MES Strategy Part 1: Understanding Your Business Drivers

Polytron

Identifying and Understanding the Business Problems an MES Can Solve In short, many manufacturers’ problems can be attributed to having a lack of information because too much paper is being used across the plant floor. But it can be tough to eliminate paper and shift away from manual data collection processes.

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Improving efficiency through algorithmic production scheduling

Control Engineering

Discover how integrating ERP, SCADA and MES platforms can help uncover possible production optimizations. Production scheduling insights A Farmer Brothers facility in Northlake, TX adopted a new manufacturing execution system (MES) for the purpose of production schedule optimization. Farmer Brothers embarked on their Industry 4.0

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Leveraging real-time data across the enterprise

Control Engineering

The integrator used a connectivity module to improve their enterprise resource planning (ERP) and other systems to provide better data and information flow throughout the company. Introducing ERP connectivity in manufacturing operations . Asset management insights.

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La Maison Camus Chooses Infor for Global Digital Transformation Plan

i4.0 today

This project is part of a wider digital transformation plan, of which the deployment of this new ERP is one of the key steps. Learn more about Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage: [link]. ” Founded in 1863, Maison Camus has always jealously guarded its independence, preserving the family character of the company.

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How data is making a flour mill run smarter and leaner

Control Engineering

Interstates developed a complete control system, drawing packages, network design and implementation, data collection and enterprise resource planning (ERP) integration for a flour mill. Using data to make informed decisions is crucial in today’s manufacturing environment. System integration insights.

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Maintaining a Competitive Edge: EDM, Automation and Machining Technology Roundup

Mold Making Technology

The Scytec DataXchange machine monitoring solution , available through North American manufacturing integrator Shop Floor Automations , is one such smart factory technology. According to the company, this makes it easy to define and adhere to manufacturing standards. Photo Credit: Shop Floor Automations. Photo Credit: R.E.R.

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Industrial data analysis case studies, effectiveness

Control Engineering

Answered questions suggest that careful use of data analytics can help fill the skills gap, meaning fill in for talent that’s retiring in manufacturing industries by capturing and applying knowledge. Everybody that does any manufacturing process control leverages the use of a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) algorithm.