On enterprise MES and ERP system integration

In the manufacturing enterprises, there are some problems in ERP, the most important is that ERP can not help and guide, analysis of its production bottlenecks, improve and control the quality of products to the specific production scheduling. On the other hand, even a good MES solution. For the enterprise as a whole, it is a relatively narrow perspective, lacking the breadth and depth of the production execution data required by management for decision support. If the information between the two can not be passed in time, it will seriously affect the information process of enterprises. However, we can integrate MES with ERP system to optimize the information management of the company, and to ensure the realization of the business goal more effectively.

To realize the integration of MES and ERP, the key lies in the optimization and integration of business processes and the specific analysis of the MES and ERP systems involved to give full play to the strengths of each system. First of all, information systems are services for the business, MES and ERP to solve a part of the business problems, respectively, reflect a part of the business process, the process is the integration of MES and ERP "adhesive", through the overall optimization of the process of the process of processing in the MES, which processes in the ERP process. We need to analyze the functional characteristics of ERP system and MES system according to the actual business needs of the enterprise, for the functions which can be realized in the two systems, the realization in the ERP, the implementation in MES, the realization of part in the ERP, and the other part in the MES to realize the advantages of these kinds of schemes respectively. Which disadvantages, then decide the trade-offs. It should be noted that both MES and ERP have their own implementation logic, in determining the "attribution" of a function, it is necessary to ensure that the function in the selected system to achieve the integrity of the logic. It is because of MES and ERP work trade-offs, interface design There are so many variables, and MES system and ERP system investment is very large, so, enterprises in the large-scale information construction, first from the business needs to carry out a unified planning is very important and necessary.

What are the advantages of MES and ERP system integration? First, the real-time data-based generation plan is more accurate and timely to reflect the entire production situation. Second, the transformation of information technology infrastructure, to achieve centralized management of information and data within the company, fundamentally reduce the internal flow of information and data time. Third, increase the financial system data on the same day to update and manage the report of the instant statistics function to achieve the goal of the same day checkout. Four, with supply chain management (SCM) system, reduce supply chain costs, enhance customer demand for rapid response, optimize customer service and improve the overall efficiency of the company. Five, improve the existing operating procedures, to achieve enterprise management and shop floor management integration standard operation, more effectively shorten the product cycle, improve labor productivity.

The integration of MES and ERP can not only give full play to their respective advantages. At the same time, it can make the MES system production plan more reasonable, make the ERP system data more timely and effective, more efficient. The integration of ERP system and MES is an essential stage for the development of manufacturing informatization, which can greatly improve the level of enterprise management automation. In particular, the MES system bridges the gap between the enterprise planning layer and the Process control system of the production workshop, and is the link of information integration in the manufacturing process. It is of great significance for the information construction of manufacturing industry to understand the advanced management ideas of ERP, MES and bottom control system, to grasp their development trend and to understand the interrelationship between them.

On enterprise MES and ERP system integration