Tracking with our MES-based traceability solutions
Create visibility in production and logistics
In industrial production, a finely orchestrated interaction of all components, raw materials, production statuses, knowledge of storage locations, and other components is essential. Ensuring this on a daily basis is a major challenge for companies in various industries.
If audits, certification requirements, or recalls then come into play, it is essential to know what the production situation is like at all times. Data must be collected and the traceability of individual components, recipe components, raw materials, but also of finished end products must be guaranteed in the production software (ERP, MES, WMS).
Seamless traceability down to the individual part level
With traceability software, seamless traceability within production processes can be guaranteed. The main goal is to achieve transparency, from the raw part through the production process of the individual parts to the final product. This is made possible by linking production orders with unique serial numbers of the individual parts. The technology used for this could be, for example, barcodes, labels, FINs, lots, serial and batch numbers, data matrix codes, or RFID chips. If the solution is linked to the MES in a process-oriented manner, other shop floor data can also be included and linked. Consequently, almost every data record can be assigned to a product by means of track and trace.
A process-oriented traceability module linked to an MES for digital tracing offers the following advantages for your production:
Automatic digital tracking of each production part across different machines
More transparent production processes, e.g. through automated progress postings for orders (start, stop, interrupt, set up, error, etc.)
Comprehensive flow of information and rapid locating of individual production and logistics resources
Real-time overview of all faulty production processes for all machines, parts, stations, shifts, and users involved
Ability to limit recalls to exactly those workpieces which have an increased probability of defects
Our Germanedge solutions for MES-based traceability
Traceability with GEFASOFT MES Legato Sapient
With the extension “EB Tracking & Tracing” you get full transparency for your production line. Using an integrated data management system from ERP (e.g. SAP ERP or S/4HANA) in addition to the MES Legato Sapient of the Germanedge company Gefasoft, Track & Trace not only allows for uninterrupted and user-friendly display of production orders, but also for supplementing them with real-time data from production on the various states, storage locations, fill levels, etc.
This way, individual production units can be tracked continuously. A production unit may comprise a single workpiece (discrete manufacturing, variant), a “batch”, or an entire “lot” of products.
Each manufacturing or production step can be precisely recorded for each individual production unit. Other data which is also retrieved includes:
- Process values and messages
- Status information (processing, quality status)
- Current and planned material usage (preliminary products, assembled parts, consumables, raw materials, recipes)
- Documented carrier and transport times
Furthermore, individual production units can also be blocked online via “black lists” and standard reports which provide information about production times at individual workstations or about the exact use of materials can be generated.
OBJECTIVE MES traceability feature
Traceability of individual components in production can be guaranteed with Objective’s tried and tested traceability solution, e.g. when using externally stored raw materials. Real-time monitoring of production and all its components (machines, statuses, products, raw materials) is more accurate than ever before with traceability.
The days of excel-based data acquisition are over. Traceability also allows the overall equipment efficiency (OEE) to be determined automatically, since each individual product and its components can now be measured and displayed in the software in relation to the utilization of machines and transport processes. The utilization of the total production facility thus tends towards the optimum. No one production step slows down the other or lowers the expected quality, as traceability can be used to balance these in the three areas of quality, availability, and performance.
Another advantage of the traceability solution is the improved overall quality of the production master data, as all irregularities are immediately visible and correctable for the user in the software, which continuously improves the data quality. Likewise, business calculations for the production of goods and merchandise can be improved and made more precise, as all production-relevant data is available in real time. This enables production and sales-critical KPIs to be brought into harmony with traceability and benefits the entire company with greater transparency.
Avoid expensive recalls with traceability
When traceability solutions are used to make product quality and production more transparent, recalls can be handled in a more targeted manner or avoided altogether. Be it a car or medical device manufacturer: The fewer negative headlines received due to quality problems and recalls, the more conducive for branding and building trust.
With our decades of experience in implementing traceability solutions in the manufacturing industry, both for products and processes, we are able to offer efficient, easy-to-implement software solutions that have been proven hundreds of times over. Track and trace is therefore an integral part of our MES and MOM platform EdgeOne in a digital world.
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Dominik Weggler
Sales Team Germanedge