Aptean Factory MES (Manufacturing Execution System) uses real-time, shop-floor data to give operators, supervisors and executives actionable intelligence and complete visibility into production and quality to optimize plan attainment and OEE (overall equipment effectiveness).
Available on-premise and in the cloud, Factory MES replaces non-value-added paper systems with user-friendly technology to drive continuous improvement and collaboration across your organization.
Immediate, Actionable Intelligence
Factory MES provides full manufacturing visibility from batching through to packaging to deliver real-time metrics such as plan attainment and units per man hour to help you build a culture of continuous improvement. With out-of-the-box capabilities and user-friendly principles embedded in the design, implementation is seamless. Companies can rapidly realize quality and productivity gains from accurate, timely information in a paperless environment.
Real-Time Performance Management
By combining real-time metrics and easy-to-use technology, Factory MES offers the ability to immediately identify manufacturing losses, monitor product costing, measure OEE, and optimize plan attainment. Identify and adjust key metrics in under five seconds for optimized plan attainment.
Flexible and Fast Deployment
Factory MES users have the ability to choose between either hosting the solution on-premise or in the cloud, based on what works best for their operations. It can be implemented in as little as four weeks, enabling faster access to results and analysis that can positively impact your bottom line.
Paperless Quality Compliance
The Aptean Factory Quality module introduces true paperless quality into your shop floor. Built with a full suite of SPC tools, Factory MES Quality allows users to track compliance and manage by exception in real-time. Intuitive dashboards allow you to let go of monitoring line checks for completion and offer preventative controls that align to initiatives such as SQF (Safe Quality Food), FSMA (FDA Food Safety Modernization Act), BRC (British Retail Consortium), and GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative).
Robust, Out-of-the-Box Functionality
Aptean Factory MES is designed with role-specific views and offers 12 different languages for its users, packaging this MES as an out-of-the-box solution that is exceptionally easy-to-use—no coding, no programming, no workarounds. The system fits within your existing work practices and provides visibility into all roles within the organization and presented in a manner that enables immediate action.
Why Factory MES
The shop floor is the heartbeat of any manufacturing organization. The ability to see data in real time and enable your team to act upon it immediately is critical in today’s competitive environment where every opportunity for improvement, no matter how big or small, counts. Factory MES is the solution that enables you to run your plant in a simpler, smarter and more strategic way.
- Identify all manufacturing losses in real time
- Measure metrics such as plan attainment and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
- Identify causes of yield loss from batching all the way to packaging
- Replace production- and quality-based paper work
- Track and improve changeover, CIP (clean in progress) and sanitation times
- Track actual labor consumed at every line in your facility
