Front Matter; New ways for the effective factory; MES for process capability; Added value from software; MES: the new class of IT applications; Building an MES system; Integrated production management with MES; Detailed planning and control with MES; Quality assurance with MES; Personnel management with MES; MES with SAP; MES in plastics processing; Back Matter
Summary
The classical factory fades into history as production plants today develop into modern service centers. Problems in management arise for which many companies are not yet prepared: economic efficiency of modern added value is not a property of products alone but of the process. Decisive potential in business now is a question of process capability, rather than production capability. Process capability in business requires real-time systems for optimization. Business-IT needs to be developed from telecommunications and ERP to real-time services, which are not offered by the prevailing ERP syste
