THE CHALLENGEThe client required a project management system (PMS) for its preparatory equipment. Specific challenges included:

1 Working with a tedious production planning process.

2 Manual production reporting to SAP.

3 Manual logging of production data.

4 Lack of product traceability.

PRODUCTION MONITORING SYSTEM

Case Study | Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)

The company relied on Tata Technologies to provide

a project management system for its critical

machines, coupled with MES development and

implementation.

More. Faster. Better.

THE COMPANYA pioneer of radial tires and market leader in truck and bus radials in India, the Delhi-based client is present in 100 countries across six continents.

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THE RESULT

In just seven months, a team of four engineers delivered a solution that:

– Interfaced with 16 PLCs and 16 HMIs in the plant.

– Interfaced with SAP ECC 6.0 for active production orders and data for production booking.

– Provided for operator accountability.

– Provided performance monitoring of the machines.

– Featured:– Production planning, sequencing and data logging– Scrap declaration

– Input material consumption and output production data logging

– Production booking back to SAP– Reports and dashboards

THE TECHNOLOGY USEDMES Platform: Customized .NET basedPLC: Rockwell® and SiemensHMI: Beijer – iX DeveloperProtocol: Ethernet, PROFINET®, PROFIBUS®

Database: MySQL v5.6, MS SQL 2012, Oracle® 11gReporting Portal: .NET Framework 4.0

THE SOLUTION

Manual data entry into SAP with log book digitization

0Visibility to shop

floor

Optimum utilization of business system due to

real-time authentic data

Accountability of scrap at production

order level