MES and ArchestrA Workflow MES and ArchestrA Workflow

Infinite Possibilities:
MES and ArchestrA Workflow
Infinite Possibilities:
MES and ArchestrA Workflow
Manufacturing faces a range of challenges in today's environment.
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Dynamic market conditions with changing demand patterns
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Adherence to stringent quality control norms
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Lack of close co-ordination between logistics/SCM and plant floor
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Fleet manufacturing operations spread across a large geographic area, making control a challenge
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Ensuring manufacturing compliance with the prevalent norms
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Close real time co-ordination is required between vendors, suppliers and customers to maintain manufacturing efficiency
Global pressure to improve safety, compliance, quality, productivity and cost is forcing companies to evaluate and improve their business
processes.
The current state of manufacturing operations
Currently the manufacturing sector is grappling with a number of disparate systems that enable critical processes.
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There are a significant number of”point solutions” in use in a manufacturing environment. There are, on an average, at least 50
applications in a production environment.
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People bridge the information gaps and process flows that exist between applications either verbally or through paper or
whiteboards thus resulting in the convergence of different point solutions.
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Rigid manufacturing processes that span across many applications and people limit agility in process modification.
These act as significant barriers that impede operational excellence.
Where does workflow fit in manufacturing and production?
In Production environments, examples of processes could be:
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Releasing a new recipe to the plant floor
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Approving the release of a new product
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Starting-up or shutting-down a production process
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Resolving a quality issues within a production process
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Responding to an emergency maintenance request
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Responding to an adverse alarm condition
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Collecting environmental data
Infinite Possibilities:
MES and ArchestrA Workflow
MES from a production execution perspective today encompass the following:
Production routes describe sequence of value-add operations required to produce semi-finished or finished goods
MES applications are primarily focused on coordinating and enforcing detailed production related activities that are attached to a
production route
Detailed work instructions, resource requirements, data collection requirements, etc. are configured for each operation in the route
Conventional MES production routings do not establish all of the processes and co - ordinate between the associated stakeholders
required to support all of the activities necessary to produce semi-finished or finished goods What is needed is better synchronization
between people and applications and also between people of different domains in manufacturing.
ArchestrA Workflow and MES
The ArchestrA workflow Software enables customers to effectively manage extended MES processes that extend across oganizatioal
boundaries and applications.
The three main components of ArchestrA Workflow which extend MES applications are:
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Enterprise Control System Connectors: ArchestrA Workflow makes it very easy to connect and coordinate Invensys
components and applications. Customers can also use their existing IT assets to interact with ArchestrA Workflow and
enhance value of their existing investments.
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Workflow Services: Enable integration of legacy systems into ArchestrA Workflow. It is now easy to build processes that span
different applications and people. Data entry forms can be customized for different business processes.
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Communication Platforms: ArchestrA Workflow enables communications across various devices and platforms like Mobile
phones, Email, IM, PDA', desktops etc., making processes easy to enforce and transparent for stakeholders.
Why ArchestrA Workflow?
Examples of processes that extend
ArchestrA Workflow possesses a powerful feature set that helps extend the functionalities of
an MES. Some of these features are as below:
Process Designer
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Intuitive, business user friendly, visual modeling environment
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Out-of-the-box configurable workflow activities for common MES workflow tasks
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Workflows can support simple or complex MES business processes
(e.g. line changeover, NPI)
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Supports complex branching and decision trees
traditional MES production execution
boundaries:
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Line startup & shutdown
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Material staging
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Quality hold/quarantine
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LIMS samples
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Order initiation & completion
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QA release
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Emergency maintenance
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Line clearance
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Returning materials to the
warehouse
Forms Designer
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Model simple or complex forms to collect or visualize data in support of MES business processes
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Forms abstract users from underlying applications
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WYSIWYG editor enables end-users to create new forms or maintain existing forms
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Forms can be linked to, or initiate, workflows
Workflow Execution
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MES workflow task execution is seamlessly integrated with Invensys applications, as well as 3 party applications
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End-users can interact with MES workflow tasks via HMI, web browsers, smartphones, PDA, email, voice and IM
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Sophisticated human workflow management, calendar management and task escalation
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Comprehensive Microsoft Outlook, SharePoint and Office integration
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Process Monitoring
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Out-of-the-box activity reporting and activity monitoring views
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Customizable Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
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Visibility to MES workflow instances and genealogy
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Proactive alerts of MES business exceptions and KPIs
ArchestrA Workflow software is an advanced workflow application that enables companies to digitize manual and automated processes
that include people and/or systems. This sophisticated Business Process Management (BPM) application enables companies to Model,
Execute, Analyze and Improve processes inside and outside of their organization to drive higher levels of collaboration, productivity and
innovation.
With ArchestrA Workflow, companies can institutionalize work processes that manage normal, unscheduled or disruptive events within
their operations environment--providing the Right People with the Right Information at the Right Time.
To know more please email us at [email protected] or request for a demo.
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