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
