ATS Global Implements Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Solution for a Meat Packaging Plant of a Global Retail Company

Purpose

  • Achieve a paperless and fully automated production process
  • Manage the receipt of incoming raw materials and inventory management
  • Enable full product traceability and compliance as per regulatory standards
  • To provide planning and scheduling of order
  • Quality management

Project Scope

  • Requirement identification and gap analysis
  • Software architecture design and software functional design
  • Solution implementation
  • Integration with Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) and shop floor systems, testing and deployment
  • 24/7 support

Solution Approach

  • Agile software development
  • Simulation of the shop-floor production lines

Systems & Tools

  • Siemens SIMATIC IT for Process Libraries
  • Siemens SIMATIC IT Preactor
  • Siemens Tecnomatix
  • ATS MDM Library
  • Rockwell (Allen Bradley) ControlLogix Data Concentrator
  • 24/7 Support Services

The Results

Achievement of a paperless production process

Seamless planning and scheduling between APS and MES

Granular lot traceability

Complete inventory management of raw materials and finished goods

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