Beyond MES: Operations Execution Management

In today’s extremely dynamic and competitive global market, Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) have taken on a new level of importance in the quest to manufacture "better, cheaper, faster."  Now more than ever, manufacturers must automate, execute and manage the performance of business processes across the value chain. End-to-end integration of supply chain operations, production, maintenance, distribution, quality and labor is paramount.

And that is why MES alone is not enough. To meet today’s demanding challenges you need a system that is focused across the integrated process of product supply. A system that reaches across organized silos. That is what we call: Operations Execution.
 
To manage all of the various interdependencies, operations execution systems must serve as enterprise-wide systems of record for operations management. Done correctly, the result is a “single version of the truth,” a synchronized and coordinated flow of information for tighter control over disparate manufacturing processes.

This empowers manufacturers to meet their goals for reducing waste, inventory, and cycle times and improving efficiency, quality and customer satisfaction. Additionally, it provides the right information to the right people at the right time to make better decisions ― decisions that affect your ability to perform advanced planning, production capacity analysis, WIP turns and standard lead times. Moreover, it provides the ultimate foundation for quality and continuous improvement initiatives as well as compliance.

Apriso’s Operations Execution System goes beyond MES, to:

1. Automatically track and collect all related production data and documentation throughout  the manufacturing process from raw materials to finished goods inventory
2. Provide visibility for work in progress across the manufacturing enterprise
3. Support actionable, embedded key performance metrics integrated into manufacturing processes in alignment with compliance and performance management initiatives
4. Provide support for product identification and traceability requirements in support of compliance
5. Enable manufacturers to better handle nonconformance from identifying the source of the problem, facilitating reporting, and executing corrective actions
6. Provide process consistency and control; ensure that the latest policies and procedures are executed; and
7. Centralize operations management and execution across multiple sites, for global coordination with local execution
8. Models processes across product supply including quality, warehousing, supply chain, manufacturing, equipment maintenance and labor

Best in class manufacturers are realizing significant ROI with Apriso’s Enterprise Operations Execution System, click here to see how.