Enhance production efficiency and reduce costs

with MES Software Thailand by Ares

 

The complexity of production processes is a critical issue that cannot be overlooked in modern factories, especially regarding tools that fail to efficiently track the production process. Recurring problems in the production line and delays in addressing issues during production inevitably lead to higher production costs.

Therefore, enhancing production efficiency is the primary goal of every factory. To address these pain points, Ares has developed ciMES MES Software Thailand, which transforms factory production processes into a comprehensive one-stop solution. Using modern methods, it enables superior entry into Industry 4.0, staying ahead of competitors.

What is ciMES MES?

The ciMES MES system is widely used in the manufacturing industry. Its primary function is to connect with machinery to collect data and control all production processes within a factory. The system analyzes the data to generate reports and provides real-time dashboards for executives. It covers everything from customer order information, production planning, and raw material calculations according to bill of materials or production formulas, to machinery control, data collection, and creating a production history.

MODULES FUNCTIONS of ciMES MES Software Thailand

ciMES MES Software Thailand designs modules that manage and cover all aspects of production in a factory. It offers a variety of functionalities that can be adapted to specific conditions of machinery in the factory. The system includes both standard modules tailored for each industry and customizable modules, allowing clients to adjust the system to meet the specific needs and workflows of their organization.

Production Management (WIP)

The Production Management (WIP) module is the core of all production processes and the main module for various operations within the ciMES MES system. It manages and configures the entire system.

• Designing Production Routes: This involves recommending production tasks, defining steps, methods, and stations involved in the production process, helping to visualize the overall workflow and easily identify bottlenecks.
• Setting Up Production Stations: This includes configuring machinery, controlling resources, and monitoring the performance of each station. It also allows for the immediate setting of production statuses, such as pending, starting, or stopping within the production area.
• Managing Production Schedules: Good planning improves work time management, allowing for seamless handling of long production runs or inserting additional production tasks as needed.
• Searchable Tracking Functions: This enables users to quickly and accurately access desired information. Search conditions include customer name, customer number, work order number, product name, product model, factory number, factory model, or production station.
• Collecting EDC Data: This involves gathering parameter data from various devices on the production line, storing engineering data from machinery in one place, such as temperature, pressure, and air pressure values.
• Production History and Details: This feature collects detailed production data, facilitating easy and quick traceability within the system.

Material Management (MMS)

The Finished Product/Raw Material Management system is crucial for manufacturing businesses, enabling inventory tracking from raw materials to finished goods.

• Material Data Entry: This involves recording information for raw materials and finished goods, including details from receipt to setup of various part numbers.
• Material Usage: This function tracks material usage in the production process, calculates and alerts about remaining material quantities, and calculates the Bill of Materials (BOM). It assesses the production quantities possible and alerts when inventory is low, aiding the purchasing department in planning orders and preventing production delays due to stock shortages.
• Finished Goods Control: This involves controlling and tracking finished goods from the start of production to delivery.
• Material Stock Management: The system manages stock, including product transfers, stock reductions, inventory reports, and turnover.
• Integration with ERP Systems: The system can integrate with ERP systems to provide a comprehensive view of organizational operations, ensuring complete material data management from upstream to downstream.

Preventive Maintenance (PM)

The Equipment Maintenance Module (PM) involves the inspection, repair, and replacement of various parts of equipment, machinery, and systems. These assets are valuable and critical for a factory. The smooth and efficient operation of a factory relies on proper maintenance, as preventive measures are better than having to fix issues after machinery malfunctions. The system includes advanced alerts for timely maintenance.

• Equipment Maintenance: This is a regular process of inspecting and repairing machinery and systems to prevent damage in advance and extend their lifespan.
• Equipment Repair: This involves troubleshooting and replacing defective parts, facilitating easier planning of the equipment or asset cycle.
• Machinery Parts: This ensures the use of correct and high-quality spare parts for machinery.
• Tool/Mold Maintenance Setup: This involves setting up PM for all tools and molds, including configuring preventive maintenance in advance.
• Equipment Management: The system manages all equipment and machinery, tracking their location, updating their operational status, and maintaining their engineering and maintenance history.

Quality Control (QC)

This module is responsible for controlling product quality through continuous data collection, statistical analysis, and automated alerts. It enables manufacturers to quickly identify and resolve potential issues, preventing losses and maintaining consistent product quality.

• QC Standards Setting: Defines the Quality Control requirements for products according to industry standards set by the company or clients, including setting QC by product.
• Inspection and Testing: Products are inspected and tested to ensure they meet the established Quality Control standards before actual production.
• Data Analysis: Data from inspections and tests are analyzed to identify trends and issues. This information can be used to improve the production process, with the ability to set SPC (Statistical Process Control) to help check production quality in real-time, displaying results in X Bar, R Bar, or T Bar graphs.
• Preventive Corrections: When the system detects an issue, it provides preventive measures and alerts before the problem occurs, reducing production losses.
• Continuous Improvement in Quality Control: Quality control is an ongoing process that must be continuously improved to ensure efficiency and appropriateness, ensuring readiness at all times and maximizing production efficiency.
• HACCP: The QC module can support factories that need to implement HACCP.

Carrier Management System (CMS)

The in-process transportation module plays a crucial role in the ciMES MES system. During production, equipment or transport aids such as carts, trays, or bins are used to transport batches to various stations. The transportation management system handles transport based on predefined types or conditions, such as temperature, duration, heat, and humidity. It can also retrieve production equipment data from transport equipment.

• Carrier Management: This includes maintenance, lifespan, and usage tracking of machinery and various equipment.
• Carrier Condition Management: This allows users to set specific conditions for each transport instance. The system can also display the status of equipment, indicating whether it is operational or requires maintenance.
• Carrier Operations Management: This includes setting up operations in batch or component formats.
• Carrier History: The system records all carrier history, making it convenient and easy to check past records.

Alarm Management (ALM)

Notification systems play a essential role in production systems, enabling users to be promptly informed about issues or events that may impact production. They also help prevent potential downtime.

• Multi-channel Notifications: The system can send notifications through various channels such as email, Line, text messages, audible alerts, or display screens.
• Immediate Alerts: The system sends notifications as soon as an issue is detected, allowing users to promptly and accurately address the problem.
• Response Configuration: The system allows for the prioritization of detected issues and notifies the responsible personnel to respond to these alerts, ensuring that the identified problems are resolved.

Label Management (LMS)

The label management module in the ciMES MES system allows for the printing of custom labels, standard format labels, and labels for export markets. This ensures the seamless export of products to other countries, thereby saving time in stock counting. By simply switching to barcode scanning, employees can work more conveniently and efficiently.

Kanban Dashboard

The ciMES system has a separate dashboard module called EKS, or Electronic Kanban System, for viewing real-time production overview reports. Customers can also design their own report screens to display the desired information, such as machinery, stations, production routes, and production batches, among others. This allows for a comprehensive view of the entire production process in real-time.

In modern industrial factories, the seamless integration of equipment, personnel, and machinery relies on these modules. They facilitate coordination, data exchange, and smooth production control.

Benefits of ciMES MES Software Thailand

Machinery

• ciMES MES can control everything from customer order information, production planning, and raw material calculations to the creation of Production History.
• Manages all equipment and machinery, consolidating and reporting the usage status of machinery and engineering maintenance history of various equipment in one place, making it easy to track and trace historical data.
• The system has alerts for equipment inspection and maintenance, reducing the rate of equipment deterioration in advance.

Employee

• Employees can manage and resolve issues promptly with a real-time alert system.
• Able to work without geographical and time constraints, using mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones, enabling real-time queries and task handovers.
• Monitor employee KPIs, production processes, and accurately calculate labor costs simultaneously.

Management and Decision-Making

• Aids in the efficient and optimal management and planning of organizational materials and resources, including easily checking recorded product data retrospectively.
• Once the system collects production data, it forwards all information to relevant departments, such as purchasing, warehousing, and accounting, for better coordination, reducing redundancy and delays.
• The system supports decision-making by providing reports and insights throughout the production process, such as WIP status, usage, material status, and equipment maintenance, to management for improving production processes.

ciMES MES is a powerful tool in the modern era, facilitating smooth collaboration among all factory departments, suppliers, and other partners. Its connectivity capabilities cover the entire production process, from planning to machinery maintenance, crucially ensuring timely delivery to customers.

Unlock your production potential, reduce costs, increase output, and achieve greater success with ciMES MES. We are ready to provide consultation and offer solutions tailored to your business needs.

For a demo, please contact us at Contact Us or for further inquiries:
Phone: 0633253640 or 02-6863000 ext. 3042
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