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PlantMaster
Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
Barco's leading MES system for discrete manufacturing, P
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monitors and synchro-
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nizes manufacturing activities from independent operations to globally distributed plants.
P
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is designed to seamlessly integrate with the company's ERP system.
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Using the Microsoft Windows ® operating system and Oracle ® database, P
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offers a collaborative suite of application modules. P
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meets the needs of spe-
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cific manufacturing environments such as plastic processing, engineering and assembly
operations.
The result is a powerful and flexible management tool providing managers with real-time
visibility on all Key Performance Indicators (KPI), enabling them to achieve operational
excellence and rapidly respond to changing conditions.
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Summary of Contents for Barco PlantMaster
- Page 1 PlantMaster Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Barco’s leading MES system for discrete manufacturing, P monitors and synchro- lant aster nizes manufacturing activities from independent operations to globally distributed plants. is designed to seamlessly integrate with the company’s ERP system. lant aster Using the Microsoft Windows ®...
- Page 2 PlantMaster Client - Server concept: Wireless monitoring Planning Windows Server Monitoring/Reporting Traceability Statistical Process & Quality Control Host Software modules Real time monitoring Cycle time monitoring Downtime and scrap analysis Key performance indicators (OEE) Planning and scheduling Multi resource scheduling...
- Page 3 Machines are equipped with one of Barco’s Data Units for automatic as well as manual data collection or linked directly to the server through their Ethernet interface. The latest generation of production machines are often equipped with an Ethernet interface for host communica- tion.
- Page 4 Production visibility and analysis Real time machine monitoring ’s most important real time analysis tool is the lant aster “PlantView”. In this color-coded layout of the plant, the machines are displayed in a number of colors, each color indicating a certain machine status or alarm condition. The user selects the type of information to be displayed and user definable “filter sets”...
- Page 5 Kan Ban support More and more automotive suppliers have switched from traditional order based planning (push) to Kan Ban planning (pull). PlantMaster supports this Kan Ban functionality. In the Kan Ban philosophy, material or component need is triggered by the process that consumes this component.
- Page 6 Originally, traceability requirements were restricted to security parts in the automotive industry, but now it has become an obligation in various other domains like pharmaceuticals, food, cosmetics, medical devices, … The traceability module within Barco’s P system lant aster uses the hardware already in place for monitoring pur- poses.
- Page 7 Statistical process control (SPC/SQC) Quality monitoring... The P SPC/SQC module keeps your process lant aster within the specifications required for optimum product quality and generates the documentation your customers demand for their quality assurance programs. For every product, the user defines the quality and process control plan including the parameters to be monitored, the sampling strategy as well as calculations to be used.
- Page 8 References Typical PlantMaster installations Plastic molding Engineering Barco n.v. Barco Sedo GmbH Th. Sevenslaan 106 Neuwies 1 8500 Kortrijk 35794 Mengerskirchen BELGIUM GERMANY Tel (intl) 32 56 262611 Tel (intl) 49 64 76310 Fax (intl) 32 56 262690 Fax (intl) 49 64 763131 e-mail: sales.bv@barco.com...
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