Tracking with our MES-based traceability solutions
Create visibility in production and logistics
In industrial production, a finely orchestrated interaction of all components, raw materials, production statuses, knowledge of storage locations, and other components is essential. Ensuring this on a daily basis is a major challenge for companies in various industries.
If audits, certification requirements, or recalls then come into play, it is essential to know what the production situation is like at all times. Data must be collected and the traceability of individual components, recipe components, raw materials, but also of finished end products must be guaranteed in the production software (ERP, MES, WMS).
Seamless traceability down to the individual part level
With traceability software, seamless traceability within production processes can be guaranteed. The main goal is to achieve transparency, from the raw part through the production process of the individual parts to the final product. This is made possible by linking production orders with unique serial numbers of the individual parts. The technology used for this could be, for example, barcodes, labels, FINs, lots, serial and batch numbers, data matrix codes, or RFID chips. If the solution is linked to the MES in a process-oriented manner, other shop floor data can also be included and linked. Consequently, almost every data record can be assigned to a product by means of track and trace.
A process-oriented traceability module linked to an MES for digital tracing offers the following advantages for your production:
Automatic digital tracking of each production part across different machines
More transparent production processes, e.g. through automated progress postings for orders (start, stop, interrupt, set up, error, etc.)
Comprehensive flow of information and rapid locating of individual production and logistics resources
Real-time overview of all faulty production processes for all machines, parts, stations, shifts, and users involved
Ability to limit recalls to exactly those workpieces which have an increased probability of defects
Our Germanedge solutions for MES-based traceability
Traceability with GEFASOFT MES Legato Sapient
With the extension “EB Tracking & Tracing” you get full transparency for your production line. Using an integrated data management system from ERP (e.g. SAP ERP or S/4HANA) in addition to the MES software Legato Sapient of the Germanedge company Gefasoft, Track & Trace not only allows for uninterrupted and user-friendly display of production orders, but also for supplementing them with real-time data from production on the various states, storage locations, fill levels, etc.
This way, individual production units can be tracked continuously. A production unit may comprise a single workpiece (discrete manufacturing, variant), a “batch”, or an entire “lot” of products.
Each manufacturing or production step can be precisely recorded for each individual production unit. Other data which is also retrieved includes:
- Process values and messages
- Status information (processing, quality status)
- Current and planned material usage (preliminary products, assembled parts, consumables, raw materials, recipes)
- Documented carrier and transport times
Furthermore, individual production units can also be blocked online via “black lists” and standard reports which provide information about production times at individual workstations or about the exact use of materials can be generated.
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Dominik Weggler
Head of Sales Germanedge