Manufacturing Execution System (MES/MRP)
ASCTrac® Build it better, make it faster with configurable MES system from ASC.
With the right tools at your disposal, possibility emerges. In manufacturing, that means a whole world of opportunity opens up, where yes becomes the answer to every question concerning what you can make or do in your operation.
ASC’s Manufacturing Execution and Material Resource Planning solution (MES/MRP) gives you the capability to meet all of your manufacturing requirements. From full lot and serial number traceability, to exceeding FDA and pharmaceutical standards, to catching errors before they happen at the point of activity, your operation runs smoother and more efficient than ever.
Actual lot costing per manufactured lot/batch/serial number and proof of all QC actions, along with precise inventory and labor costing gives you true lean manufacturing in your operations. You will see a complete and accurate picture of your manufacturing enterprise for better, faster, easier decision-making.
Whether you build-to-order or build-to-stock or a mixture of both, ASC has carefully designed and developed manufacturing software with fully integrated modules for discrete and process manufacturing operations. Designed for easy set-up, you can visually review and plan all of your manufacturing lines with manufacturing constraints and orchestrate your entire manufacturing enterprise.
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Manufacturing - Connect, Plan, Optimize, and Execute:
ASCTrac® MRP/MES is a very extensive manufacturing solution used to plan and execute many types of manufacturing.
Our MES system has modules for:
- Production Work Orders
- Shop Floor
- Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) for materials and labor
- Demand Forecasting
- Visual production schedulers
- Manufacturing dashboards
- And more
There are also various connectors to:
- Real-time manufacturing PLC’s/IIoT
- Automatic labeling systems
- Warehouse control systems (WCS)
- Pick-to-light systems, carousel systems
The picking of components for manufacturing consumption is just as mission critical as it is for finished goods, and the directed workflow for lot and serial numbers along with FIFO/FEFO controls (pharmaceutical grade) are all required for Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).
Features of the Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
- Master Production visual planning/scheduling tools allow you to easily PLAN manufacturing runs and auto-generate user-configured Work Orders or auto-generate Purchase Orders.
- Operate and manage everything from the manufacturing shop floor – not from a desk! Every process operates on a mobile platform for both managers and operators. This provides real-time absolute 100% validation and 100% error proofed transactions.
- Visual manufacturing set-ups allow easy bill-of-materials (BOM) and kit or assembly configurations (including revisions.)
- Combining the views to all of your Purchase Orders and Customer Orders, you have full ability to do Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) seamlessly with our MRP Module.
- Combine with our Demand Planning and Forecasting Module for even better visual planning to see your Enterprise supply chain demand – excellent for distribution and manufacturing planning.
- The Shop Floor Module allows you to track exact components, lots, and labor usage by Work Cell (or machine) combined with our visual planning/scheduling tools for work cell constraints and production line performance.
- Well proven solution used in many Fortune 500 companies and some of the world's largest food and pharma manufacturing operations.
- Modules can be deployed in a global-distributed manufacturing environment with external subcontractor visibility.
(-- These are highlights as there are too many BENEFITS to list. --)
Connecting the Dots in Your Supply Chain®
ASCTrac is a Complete Supply Chain Solution:
To ensure that you can fully orchestrate every point in your supply chain, the modular ASCTrac system can provide a complete solution to connect every portion of your supply chain, and you can choose which modules you need.
ASCTrac can be a Complementary Supply Chain Module:
The ASCTrac system can provide a modular and complimentary solution to connect to your existing ERP system. When your ERP cannot handle all of your supply chain challenges, choose the right combination for solving those complex needs.
You Need Real Time Information:
You cannot manage what you cannot see - to ensure that you are fully connected to your supply chain in real time, the ASCTrac system can provide visibility to your entire supply chain - true management in a proactive and predictive mode.
Trusted data:
All processes and movements of goods are double-checked and verified at the point of activity. Everything is tracked and audited with pharmaceutical grade precision. Real Time, 100% accurate data that is trusted.
ASC has Extensive Experience in Working with Manufacturing PLC Interfaces
Connect to Industrial Internet of Things (IIlT)
ASC has extensive experience in interfacing with industrial controls (since 1989 with PLC’s) and interfaces to connect virtually any external system to our distribution and planning systems for 100% accuracy and fulfillment.
We are currently updating and adding “Off-the-shelf” interfaces for many PLC/IIoT devices: for 1- Primary: MTConnect4, OPC UA, or Fanuc Focus, and several others…
If your PLC or machines machines support the items in list 1 above, we can connect to them. This will provide you with OEE dashboards and provide fully-integrated, real-time information to the ASCTrac® planning, manufacturing and shop-floor operations, and ultimately, to the financial system. All of this information can be visualized by supervisors in real time.
If your controllers or are in list 2 and 3, then inexpensive off-the-shelf industrial IIoT device(s) could be used to pull data from any machine that reports operation and/or part cycles.