MES Solutions for Process Automation and Real-Time Data Collection
Gain full visibility and control of your manufacturing operations with a Manufacturing Execution System (InVision) that adapts as your business grows.
An Overview of Our MES Services
Staying competitive in the modern manufacturing landscape is a challenge. Customers expect high quality products on time, every time, and you need to be prepared to deliver on those expectations. As your business grows and customer demands become more sophisticated, your strategies need to adapt.
Manufacturers normally use a business system like an ERP to help manage their operations at scale. However, an ERP may not give you all the information you need. It may be too broad in scope, or incapable of directly working with controls systems altogether. To make smarter decisions about operations, manufacturers will complement their ERP with a Manufacturing Execution System, or MES.
Real-Time Data Directly from Your Production Environment
An MES is designed to collect real-time data directly from your production environment. Once collected, this data is used by engineers and operators to make more informed decisions, and by planners and schedulers to ensure your production remains as efficient as possible.
Today, MES is a critical component of industrial automation. When implemented correctly, an MES can minimize the effects of error-prone tasks like manual data entry or data gathering. It can also dramatically increase the visibility of your operations to aid in performance improvements and maintenance demands.
Why a Tailored MES Matters
Although out-of-the-box MES solutions are available, they frequently leave organizations dissatisfied. These pre-packaged solutions are clunky, and have a one-size-fits-all approach which may not work easily with your processes or business software. Because they are not tailored to suit your specific needs, you could end up making a costly mistake.
We like to call these pre-packaged solutions a “MESS in-a-box,” because that’s frequently what you get: a MESS!
InVision is both tailored and state-of-the-art. Our design is centered around your desire for improved processes and increased productivity. Our MES will grow and change with your business and operations thanks to its highly dynamic nature.
DCTech delivered an MES that perfectly integrates with our ERP and controls systems. The visibility we now have into production has transformed our scheduling and maintenance planning.”
— Operations Manager // Global Manufacturing Firm
Benefits of DCTech's InVision
InVision is built to integrate seamlessly with your existing systems and scale as your operation evolves.
Flexibility
InVision can flexibly connect directly to your ERP's database or API. This ensures maximum compatibility with your data.
Scalability
InVision from DCTech utilizes your existing controls management software to obtain information about your operations, including from IoT and physical controls. If you decide to add devices in the future, InVision will automatically know about it from the existing management software.
Accessibility
InVision is a web-first solution, meaning that no special software other than a modern web browser is required.
Superior Connectivity & Data Aggregation
InVision natively and simultaneously integrates directly with all of your enterprise systems, third-party manufacutring solutions, and shop-floor devices, including programmable logic / automation controllers (PLCs/PACs).
What Does InVision Provide?
Complete plant-floor data integration of ERP, industrial control system, and third-party manufacturing solutions
(i.e. CMMS, printers, scanners, marking devices, and DCS/HMI applications).
Workorder scheduling and execution management
Workorder/data traceability and product/part genealogy
Quality, quality management, and quality improvement
Paperless manufacturing
Component traceability
(i.e. tools, raw materials, work-in-progress, and finished good)