MES/DCS integration strategy

Modern facilities are highly automated, with a combination of single-use systems and re-usable systems. The end-to-end process can also incorporate operator dependent manual steps. Poorly conceived integration methods between execution and process control systems will result in unnecessary configuration complexity and burden of ownership.

ERP, MES and DCS integration needs to take a process-centric approach. Leveraging this approach to integration allows system configuration to closely match your physical manufacturing process, while allowing for modular application of re-usable configurable objects in both the MES and DCS. The result is a lower cost of ownership by decreasing the future new product introduction burden and technical transfer time.