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Manufacturing execution system

Manufacturing execution systems (MES) track and enforce production processes to ensure quality and efficiency.

Maximize visibility of information & optimize processes

Use manufacturing execution systems to increase visibility of production information and to optimize manufacturing processes.

Monitor and synchronize manufacturing operations

Provide complete visibility of every manufacturing site, and control product quality and production efficiencies. A manufacturing execution system monitors multiple production lines, manufacturing plants and supplier networks, communicates quality checks, and monitors yield and other key performance indicators (KPIs) – all in real time.

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Achieve paperless high-quality manufacturing

Communicate and employ your product’s digital twin, bill of materials (BOM), bill of process (BOP) and other production-critical information to orchestrate production floor operations without a paper trail. Ensure that raw materials, supplied components and works-in-progress move through production efficiently. Inform and direct personnel to execute each step at the right time and in the right way.

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Model and adjust complex processes

Cut through the complexities of today’s products and production processes to ensure that products are built as planned, on time and cost effectively. A manufacturing execution system supports complex workflows, mass customization, demanding manufacturing traceability requirements and high-volume automated data collection.

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Track and trace production

Keep current on product and order details across the shop floor. Trace as-manufactured lots, batches, devices or units. Obtain real-time statuses of production equipment and processes while registering the whole history of performed operations. Enjoy fast, secure access to production documentation, from as-planned to as-built information including regulations and standard operating procedures.

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Identify and quickly resolve manufacturing issues

Make informed decisions with current, actionable performance data. MES solutions provide up-to-the-minute reporting of actual manufacturing operations, along with a comparison to historic and expected results. Use real-time feedback to perform root cause analysis and quickly resolve production issues.

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Opcenter Execution Discrete

Opcenter Execution Discrete is a dedicated manufacturing execution system (MES) for discrete manufacturing job shops and complex assembly operations, offering extreme flexibility to handle new technologies, materials and markets.
ensuring that food production is well within specified quality and safety parameters
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Opcenter Execution Process

Opcenter Execution Process is a manufacturing execution system (MES) designed to ensure the perfect quality required of consumer packaged goods (CPG), food and beverage (F&B), chemical and other process-manufactured products.
an assembled printed circuit board (PCB) initiating box build production
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Opcenter Execution Electronics

Opcenter Execution Electronics is a manufacturing execution system (MES) addressing the specific needs of printed circuit board, mechanical assembly and box-build production, improving product quality and innovation cycle time.
ensuring that a medical prosthetic device is error-free
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Opcenter Execution Medical Device and Diagnostics

Opcenter Execution Medical Device and Diagnostics is a manufacturing execution system (MES) that error-proofs medical manufacturing processes and automatically generates electronic device history records (eDHRs).
a manufacturing execution system (MES) ensures that pharmaceuticals are correctly formulated
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Opcenter Execution Pharma

Opcenter Execution Pharma is a dedicated manufacturing execution system (MES) that accelerates production of new drugs and vaccines with complete paperless manufacturing and full electronic batch recording (eBR).
sampling a microprocessor to ensure it is manufactured according to MES specifications
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Opcenter Execution Semiconductor

Opcenter Execution Semiconductor is a manufacturing execution system (MES) that addresses the specific needs of semiconductor production, including seed and boule fabrication, wafer fabrication and assembly and test operations.

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