An innovation born of a problem
How can my handwritten schedule cost me performance?
In the age of Industry 4.0, if manufacturers want to be competitive, every centimetre of their shop must be connected and improved. Scheduling should obviously be one of the first applications to be digitised.
Constantly entering the schedule as production progresses, and at the start of every week, takes up a great deal of time that is precious for the company’s performance. Every minute must be optimised.
Digital, smart scheduling: the first key to industrial performance
How does this method save me time?
- The MES is interfaced with the ERP and retrieves the manufacturing orders directly from it. All you have to do is drag the manufacturing order onto the chosen machine or operator, at the chosen time.
- This scheduling method is called smart because the MES remembers your choices. Over time, the schedule fills itself almost automatically. It remembers the duration of each process, the preferred machine or operator for a given job, and so on.
- All this in an intuitive, effective, user-oriented interface.
Can a MES take scheduling performance further?
This is where a MES differs from basic scheduling software. As well as offering a host of other applications, a MES such as the one offered by Meta 2i lets you go much further in improving industrial processes.
Take a concrete case: a company with a painting operation in the middle of its manufacturing process.
A tailor-made schedule was built to optimise booth cleaning time, so as to keep non-production time to a minimum.
The scheduling therefore automatically groups the parts to be painted by colour, to minimise booth cleaning time and keep optimising the shop’s performance.
Digital shop scheduling is the first phase of an Industry 4.0 project.
MES software is the best tool to meet this need and allow the rest of the project to move forward quickly, while centralising as many applications as possible in the same software.
KmProd, Meta 2i’s MES suite
KmProd stands out from its competitors through its flexibility! Adaptable up to 50%, KmProd can be implemented whatever your business sector.
Track your production in real time and benefit from multiple real, multidimensional returns on investment (ROI).
