1. Manufacturing Execution System

2. Applied Materials Automation Software
Applied Materials offers software packages for automating the operation of complex manufacturing environments. These include tool automation, manufacturing execution systems, materials control, simulation and scheduling software and related software support services.

3. Enterprise appliance transaction module
An enterprise appliance transaction module (EATM) is a device, typically used in the manufacturing automation marketplace, for the transfer of plant floor equipment and product status to manufacturing execution systems (MES), enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and the like.

4. B2MML
B2MML is meant to be a common data definition to link ERP and supply chain management systems with manufacturing systems such as Industrial Control Systems and Manufacturing Execution Systems.

5. User interface - Terminology
Where a network of equipment or computers are interlinked through an MES (Manufacturing Execution System)-or Host to display information.

6. Web user interface - Terminology
** Where a network of equipment or computers are interlinked through an MES (Manufacturing Execution System)-or Host to display information.

7. Overall equipment effectiveness - Automated OEE Systems
Although OEE can be manually calculated based on collected Data warehouse|production data, the standardization of Plant floor communication|plant floor networks and OLE for process control|OPC technology has led many industrial vendors to introduce automated OEE systems, ranging in complexity from a single sensor to complex integrated Manufacturing Execution Systems|MES, Enterprise resource planning|ERP or CMMS systems. Notable industrial OEE vendors include:

8. Backflush accounting
Therefore, in case of a more complex production system, it is a better approach to use a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) which gathers real production data and is able to deliver exact data to the accounting software or Enterprise resource planning-system where the goods issue is recorded

9. Backflush accounting - Alternatives to backflushing
Scrap reporting can also be done by using data from the Process control system and/or Manufacturing Execution System

10. Backflush accounting - Alternatives to backflushing
It can be used together with a Process control system to make a Manufacturing Execution System

11. Process Development Execution System
Furthermore they borrow on concepts of manufacturing execution systems (MES) systems but tailor them for RD rather than for production

12. Process Development Execution System - Relationships with other level 3 / level 4 systems
Software systems of this kind leverage diverse concepts from other software categories like product lifecycle management|PLM, manufacturing execution systems|manufacturing execution system (MES), Enterprise content management|ECM but focus on tools to speed up the technology development rather than the production.

13. Process Development Execution System - Relationships with other level 3 / level 4 systems
A PDES is similar to a manufacturing execution systems (MES) in several ways

14. Process Development Execution System - Relationships with other level 3 / level 4 systems
The latter connects with other enterprise systems like Enterprise resource planning|enterprise resource and planning systems (ERPs), manufacturing execution systems (MESs), product lifecycle management (PLM), SCADA|supervisory, control and data acquisition (SCADA) solutions and Automated planning and scheduling|scheduling and planning systems (both long-term and short-term tactical).

15. Process Development Execution System - Example: PDES usage during semiconductor device development
This can be done by simply printing out a runcard for the operator or by interfacing to the Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) of the facility

16. Ampla is Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) software.
Citect - Ampla
Ampla is Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) software.

17. Manufacturing execution system
'Manufacturing Execution Systems' (MES) are information technology|computerized systems used in manufacturing. MES can provide the right information at the right time and show the manufacturing decision maker how the current conditions on the plant floor can be optimized to improve production output. MES work in real time to enable the control of multiple elements of the production process (e.g. inputs, personnel, machines and support services).

18. Manufacturing execution system - Benefits
Manufacturing Execution Systems [help] create flawless manufacturing processes and provide real-time feedback of requirement changes, and provide information at a single source. Other benefits from successful MES implementation might include:

19. Wonderware - Solutions
Key offerings include: Human Machine Interface (HMI); Historian; Wonderware System Platform; Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES); Batch Management; Mobile Solutions; Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence (EMI); Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA); and Enterprise Application Integration.[ Invensys Operations Management Offerings Summary]

20. Computer-aided process planning - Future development of CAPP
In addition, a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) was built to handle the scheduling of tools, personnel, supply, and logistics, as well as maintain shop floor production capabilities

21. Computer-aided process planning - Future development of CAPP
5. A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) was created

22. Ignition SCADA - MES Module Layer
Manufacturing Execution Systems|MES Modules are separately licensed Ignition Plug-in (computing)|plug in modules that generally provide higher level functionality with less user development. MES Modules are designed to provide specific functionality and can be industry specific. Current modules available are: Downtime OEE, SPC, and Scheduling . The Changeover Management and Track Trace / Geneaology Modules have been announced as upcoming as of January 2013.

23. MESA (association) - History
MESA was initially founded to promote Manufacturing Execution Systems, its acronym and reach was later broadened.

24. Direct numerical control - 1990s to present
To remain competitive, therefore, DNC companies moved their offerings upmarket into DNC Networking, Shop Floor Control or SFC, Manufacturing Execution Systems or Manufacturing Execution Systems|MES

25. GE Intelligent Platforms - Industrial software
As well as automation software (programming and configuration and HMI/SCADA), GE Intelligent Platforms also designs and supplies higher level operations management software products including a data historian and Manufacturing Execution Systems|MES suite for production management. This far-ranging family of analytical and productivity software is marketed using the name Proficy.

26. GE Intelligent Platforms - Acquisitions
* : acquired Mountain Systems, Inc.[ GE Fanuc Acquires Mountain Systems Inc., Providers of Advanced Manufacturing Execution Systems for Essential Industries], Retrieved on

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