Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)

With Loders Croklaan (edible oils, the Netherlands), another important customer has opted for SIMATIC IT. Loders Croklaan provides its customers with an extensive range of palm oil-based products, comprehensive supply-chain management as well as unprecedented assurance of product safety, quality and value. The new refinery in the Port of Rotterdam alone processes 2,500 t of palm oil every day.
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SIMATIC IT provides an innovative set of Independent Components for solutions ranging from entry-level up to fully-blown MES installation Plant Intelligence. These Independent Components can be acquired either individually or as integrated part of SIMATIC IT suites.
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With its special libraries, SIMATIC IT has become attractive for more and more sectors, such as the automotive industry, as well as the assembly and electrical appliances industries. Important further developments have been made in the areas of production workflow, non-conformance management and error detection as well as integrated warehouse control.
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The MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) offer, SIMATIC IT, has been expanded by various libraries in order to fulfill quality requirements in the discrete manufacturing industry. Visual inspection and non-conformance are now managed by predefined procedures which are easy to install and which can be used in several types of industry. Error proofing is carried out with complete electronic work instructions which support operators throughout the entire manufacturing cycle.
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Ralph-Michael Franke, Head of Siemens Industrial Automation Systems, described SIMATIC IT as an integral part of the Totally Integrated Automation strategy for manufacturing and a complementary element for automation which integrates seamlessly with other enterprise applications. You can read more comments here about the Manufacturing Excellence Days which were recently held in Genoa, Italy.
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