The objective of this study is to identify the priority of elements for effective implementation of MES in small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises trying to develop into smart factories. For this purpose, the Delphi method and the Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP) mothod are applied. As a result of the study, the cooperation of the members in the supply chain is the most important factor for small and medium-sized enterprises in order to survive in the global competitive environment. Therefore, the enterprises need to make various efforts to create synergies through the technical strength of suppliers and the cooperation in the process of introducing and operating MES.

Production management in the automobile parts industry is carried out according to the production plan of the customer, so it is important to prevent shortages in product supply. As the product composition became increasingly complex, the MES System was built for the purpose of efficient production plan management and inventory management, but its utilization is low. This study analyzed the problems of the MES system and sought to improve it. Through previous studies, it was confirmed that the inventory management of the pull approach that actually occurred in the warehouse is more suitable than the push approach based on the forecast of the warehouse for the volatility, complexity, and uncertainty of orders in the auto parts industry. To realize this, we tried distributed MRP by using the ADO function of VBA to link the standard information of the MES system with Excel and change the structure of the BOM table. Through this, it can help increase the accuracy of production planning and realize efficient inventory management, thereby increasing the utilization of the MES system in the auto parts industry and enhancing the competitiveness of the company.

Recently domestic manufacturing companies have been experiencing worsening profitability and stunted growth due to the long-term economic recession and the rapid rise of developing countries such as China and Southeast Asia. These difficulties force many companies to concentrate their core competencies on new value creation and innovation in order to gain momentum for new growth. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) has been considered as one of viable solutions. Among the various modules in ERP, shop floor control function in the production management module is rather limited. In order to overcome this problem, Manufacturing Execution System (MES) has been used as a subsystem which has a strong information gathering power and flexibility. Both systems interact closely with each other. In particular, ERP requires fast, accurate shop floor information at MES. This paper describes how to synchronize relevant information between ERP and MES with theory of constraints (TOC). The processing time information transmitted from the MES workplace is received at the ERP workplace. In the process, the received processing time is causing information distortion in ERP, when the information gathering standard of MES is different from the ERP information interpretation standard. The Drum-Buffer-Rope theory of TOC was applied to resolve this problem, therefore, information synchronization between both systems was made. As a precondition, the standard time of the upper ERP system was rearranged according to the capacity constraints resource. As a result, standard time restructuring has affected changes in labor costs. Standard labor costs have come close to actual ones, and information synchronization of MES transmission data has improved the reliability of standard product costs, such that it enabled various company-wide restructuring actions to be much more effective.

김치 제조공정 중 절임배추 제조공정은 원료검사, 세절, 절임, 세척, 탈수, 포장의 공정으로 구성되며 절임배추의 품질은 제조공장의 생산설비, 절임환경 및 절임조건에 따라 달리 나타난다. 생산시스템은 제조공정을 효율적으로 수행하기 위한 사람과 설비 및 일하는 방법인 업무 프로세스의 집합을 말하며 제조현장과 관련된 여러 가지 자동화 시스템 중 MES(Manufacturindg Execution System)는 주문에서 최종 제품에 이르기까지 생산 활동에 필요한 최적의 정보를 관리하는데 필요한 시스템이다. 본 연구에서는 절임배추 제조공정을 보다 효율적으로 관리 할 수 있는 절임배추 제조관리시스템(MES)을 개발하고 이를 통해, 김치 제품의 생산관리를 원활하게 할 수 있도록 하였다. MES 데이터베이스 시스템 설계 및 구현을 위한 ERD(Entity Relationship Diagram)는 제조 공정별로 품질기준을 설정하여 표준화하여 적용하였으며 절임배추의 생산관리는 바코드 형식의 NFC(Near Field Communication) Tag를 이용하였다. 원자재관리를 위한 모니터링 시스템은 스마트 폰을 연동한 APP(Application)형태로 Eclipse 4.4.1 luna를 통해 개발하였으며, 모든 데이터의 통신은 MES내의 Open API(Application Programming Interface)를 통해 주고 받도록 설계하였다. 결과적으로 절임배추 생산을 위한 원재료 입출고 이력 및 생산이력은 MES 시스템을 이용하여 관리가 가능하며, 추후 양념 등을 포함한 김치 제품을 관리할 수 있는 기능을 포함하는 전주기 김치 제조관리시스템의 구축이 필요하다.

This paper suggests a specific model that could efficiently improve the interaction and the interface between MES(Manufacturing Execution System) server and POP(Point of Production) terminal through electronic document server and electronic pen, bluetooth receiver and form paper in disassembly and process inspection works. The proposed model shows that the new method by electronic document automation system can more efficiently perform to reduce processing time for maintenance work, compared with the current approach by handwritten processing system. It is noted in case of the method by electronic document automation system that the effects of proposed model are as follows; (a) While the processing time per equipment for maintenance by the current method was 300 minutes, the processing time by the new method was 50 minutes. (b) While the processing error ratio by the current method was 20%, the error ratio by the new method was 1%.

This paper suggests a specific model that could efficiently improve the interaction and the interface between MES(Manufacturing Execution System) server and PDA terminal through RFID(Radio Frequency Identification) system and bar-code system in automative transmission shipment place of the finished assembly parts. The proposed model shows that the new method by RF-Tag system can more efficiently perform to reduce processing time and loading time for shipment, compared with the current approach by bar-code system. It is noted in case of the method by RF-Tag that the effects of proposed model are as follows; (a) While the shipping lead time per truck for carrying by the current method was 35 minutes, the shipping lead time by the new method was 15 minutes. (b) While the accuracy for carrying by the current method was 50%, the accuracy by the new method was 99%.

This paper deals with the application and effects of MES for H automobile plant in China. There existed the production planning and the different work order in PL painting plant, but we can simultaneously prepare the painting parts and parts delivery and assembly according to painting color by introducing MES. We can respond the change of production planning and operate integratively the PL painting, parts storage and parts delivery and then we can results in reasonable logistics. We obtained the exact production information, correct work order, precise delivery order. We obtained not only the improvement of logistics but also the reduction of inventory.

MES(manufacturing execution system)란 생산을 수행하기 위해 사용되는 방법과 도구들을 포함하는 온라인 통합 생산 시스템으로 주문 받은 제품을 최종제품이 될 때까지 생산 활동을 최적화 할 수 있는 정보를 제공하며 정확한 실시간 데이터로 공장 활동을 지시하고, 대응하고, 보고 한다. 이에 따라, 공장에서 가치를 제공하지 못하는 활동을 줄이는 것과 함께 변화에 빨리 대응할 수 있게 함으로써 공장 운영 및 공정의 효과를 높인다. 또한 납기, 재고회전율, 총수익, 현금 흐름 등을 개선 할 뿐 만 아니라 운영 자산에 대한 회수율도 좋게 하며, 양방향 통신으로 기업 전체 및 Supply Chain에 걸쳐 생산 활동에 대한 중요한 정보 들을 제공한다. 선행적 관리는 대응적(active), 예방적(preventive), 예측가능(predictive)으로 이루어진다. 선행적 관리가 MES에 포함되어 구성된 System 설계를 본 연구에서 제안했고, 이에 대한 기존의 MES와의 차별성 및 효율성에 대한 것을 검증했다.

  Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is a system that companies can use to measure and control critical production activities. This paper shows case study of implementation of MES (Manufacturing Execution System) and its methodology in a medium sized pr

Recently, the strategy of the age of limitless competition for existence of manufacturing company appears for the enhancement of productivity through the automatic system, the reduction for the cost for standardization and the decision making process for the information system. Especially the critical success factors in manufacturing company can be summarized for the establishment of production visibility through the production management, material & work-in-process management, the establish of the flexible manufacturing system for the changed order priority and the establish of the quality system for improvement of product and process quality. The existing production management systems supply only simple information about production results on real time, can delay quick decision making. And it can prevent acquiring the information about various customer needs and the communication problems with other systems. In this paper, it will show MES system, a solution for the problems of existing production management systems. And through a case study of D company, it will reveal improvement effect on shipment error using MES system and economic analysis for MES itself.