How should manufacturing companies choose a suitable and high-quality MES system for themselves?

With the increasing trend of economic globalization, China, as a major manufacturing country, is facing increasingly fierce market competition. nowadays，More and more enterprises are choosing to introduce MES systems to strengthen intelligent management of production and manufacturing, in order to customize more scientific production plans and arrangements in the rapidly changing market demand, and enhance market competitiveness.

However, under the great market demand, a large number of MES system service providers with different industries and scales have emerged in China. In this situation, how should enterprises choose a suitable and high-quality MES system for themselves? Or, what qualities should a high-quality MES possess?

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Comprehensive basic functions

(1) Basic management module

MES is a set ofProduction Information Management System for Manufacturing Enterprise Workshop Execution Layer, can provide enterprises with manufacturing data management, planning and scheduling managementProject Kanban Management, Production Process Control, Data AnalysisProduction scheduling management, inventory management, quality management, human resource management, equipment management, procurement management, cost management and other management modules.

(2) System integration capability

Integration with information systems:

As an MES system for intelligent manufacturing,System integration capability should be an important considerationThis includes integration with databases, integration with software such as PDM (for BOM and process integration), ERP (for planning and materials integration), WMS (for logistics and transportation integration), and integration with mobile devices.

Integration with data formats:

The technical implementation methods of information integration, such as XML, CSV, TXT, intermediate tables agreed upon by both parties, open API interfaces, etc.

(3) Equipment interface capability

At present, technologies such as the Internet of Things and big data are constantly being applied and popularized in industrial production. The core principle of their operation is to enable virtual docking between manufacturing execution systems and various types of physical devices, and extract production testing data. These different types of physical devices include: instruments, sensors AGV、 Robots, industrial control equipment, and so on.

一款优质的MES系统不但能够收集这些设备的数据，而且采用的收集方式也是以符合国标要求和国际标准的通用格式为主。所以企业在选择MES时，一定要注意考察其数据采集的规范性和可拓展性，而不仅仅是达到暂时的目的。

（4）可视化功能

在中国制造水平突飞猛进的发展背景下，传统中的一些制造技术（如原来单调乏味的报表、看板的格式内容等）已经无法满足当今中国制造快速发展的个性化生产管理需要。而MES产品中的可视化表现形式已经越来越丰富，拥有点状图、线状图、柱状图、饼状图、雷达图等几十余种，并且信息全面、美观易懂。

同时，MES的可视化功能还要满足多变的客户报表要求、灵活的用户参观看板需要以及越来越多的移动端访问数据等。

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技术架构先进

对于企业而言，大家比较关心的是MES系统的功能、效率、稳定等特性，而MES设计的技术架构，企业一般不会过问。但一款优质的MES系统，先进的技术支撑是必不可少的，也是基础所在。MES系统服务商想要快速构建出符合不同用户场景的业务功能，就需要在技术架构相对先进的基础上，根据各行业不同的实践情况以及客户的不同需求，配合可配置的模块模组。

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实际应用性强

一款优质的MES系统，其开发者们不仅需要在计算机程序编码等方面具备高超的技术开发能力，还要能够深入理解并且熟悉各行业的实际制造情况，将所涉及的MES产品功能与实际应用中的主要工序流程关系一一对应，再按照相关标准进行构建。

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简单易操作

随着IT技术的快速发展，新的视觉感及操作正在深刻影响着用户的应用习惯。由于用户是基于车间层，因此MES系统需具备易学、易用、快速上手的特点。这就需要在实际应用过程中，每个操作人员进入系统后，都能快速的进入自己的应用界面、并找到自己需要的功能菜单，明晰与自己有关的全业务流程，实现快速、便捷的放大、缩小、隐藏等操作。当然，不仅限如此，易操作性还包括美观、绿色、适用of界面等。

Source: Micro Cloud Internet Technology