In the current economy, manufacturing facilities are required to be more flexible, handle smaller batch sizes, increase performance while reducing the costs, deliver higher quality products with less waste and achieve shorter times to market.
The way to achieve these goals is to implement an MES that allows you to digitalize your production processes and manage them in real-time.
The MES acts as a central hub for the collection and management of data, facilitating efficient vertical integration between the business systems and the shop floor, and horizontal integration along the entire supply chain from raw material to finished goods.
Yet, each customer and every plant have different requirements as such there are many paths to ensuring business success.
Key benefits
- Modular and scalable system that allows customers to select what they need
- Reliable solutions optimized for plant operation
- Reporting that’s targeted to different plant operation staff such as operators, maintenance staff and managers, and supports flawless decision making
- Compliant with standard ISA-95
- Helps with regulatory compliance (if required, agencies can access information)
- Secure by design
- Seamlessly integrates with GEA Codex® Process Control, providing consistent operation with a common look and feel.
User-defined software requirements
For customers who need a highly customized solution that integrates with existing or proprietary systems, GEA has the expertise to design and implement projects according to individual user requirements.
With an extensive team of engineers specializing in MES/IT and digital product development, GEA has the process knowledge and understanding of international standards to design operation management systems to enterprise level.
The company offers a flexible and scalable solution that provides total control of plant processes.
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