As a key technology that unlocks the black box of the production process and connects ERP and workshop management, MES system has received increasing attention and recognition from manufacturing enterprises. The successful implementation and application of MES is the key to achieving information technology construction goals such as improving production efficiency and reducing costs for enterprises.

The application objects of MES are mainly targeted at the strategic management layer and middle management layer. The strategic layer focuses on high-level data (such as completion rate, change trend, etc.), the middle management layer focuses more on real-time data (such as planning progress, production issues, etc.), and the workshop execution layer focuses more on relatively static data (assembly BOM, process data, etc.). Good MES projects can provide management with more data, but the effectiveness of MES applications is determined by the workers in the execution layer. As shown in the figure below, most of the data for creating and executing production orders comes from the execution layer.

MES extracts many management concepts (such as JIT, lean, etc.) and then implements the system according to these concepts, so MES can be said to be the combination of lean management concepts and IT tools.

Conducting research and conducting requirement analysis on enterprises is not to determine which IT methods to use, but to identify and analyze the pain points and drawbacks of the enterprise, and to develop a blueprint for enterprise management. So MES is largely a consulting for management ideas.

The next step is IT means, and the core purpose of using IT means is to improve data transmission efficiency, reduce worker intensity, and enhance data traceability under the determined management ideology. For example, replacing manual input with system integration.

In summary, MES receives production plans from ERP and ends with product delivery, interspersed with roles such as planner, dispatcher, workshop process, inspector, and operator. There are many core businesses involved in the process of business integration.

KMES functions and features:

Seamless integration of ERP systems, including SAP, ORACLE, UFIDA, Kingdee, etc;

Support real-time monitoring of production sites through PC, mobile terminals, and tablet apps;

Abnormal event alarm, the system autonomously pushes it to the relevant responsible person for priority processing;

Intelligent report summary, easy traceability of production data;

KMES and PLC control architecture - features: from system design to PC software design and then to mobile software design; From intelligent manufacturing equipment design and manufacturing to intelligent production line design and manufacturing; Intelligent manufacturing combines intelligent quality control, intelligent research and development, intelligent procurement, intelligent finance, etc. to form the KUS intelligent system.