Getting manufacturing intelligence

摘要

Martufaeturing is in transition. The Shop floor was once managed and monitored by instinct and experience. The manufacturing execution systems (MES) that manage manufacturing processes were transactional. The MES made sure that each of the steps in the manufacturing process, or transactions, were completed according to the rules for that process and the plan for that manufacturing run of product. They were also historical; the data about a shift often wasn't reviewed until after a run was complete. Today, gut instinct and experience are slowly giving way to fact-based decision making supported by the next generation of real-time manufacturing software tools. At the best manufacturers, these systems are being employed to drive action down on the shop floor as it's happening. They are also connecting the manufacturing plant back to the business at the corporate level.