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Fully Integrated Software for Food Factories: Lindum, September 2014. Paul Griffin. Software Heirarchy. What is ERP and MES ?. ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) : Business Management Software to provide an integrated view of core business processes. Finance, HR
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Fully Integrated Software for Food Factories: Lindum, September 2014 Paul Griffin
What is ERP and MES ? ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) : Business Management Software to provide an integrated view of core business processes. Finance, HR Sales and Purchase Order Processing Production CRM MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems): Real Time Control of elements of the production processes How current shop floor conditions can be optimised to improve production output An intermediate step between ERP and SCADA (Process Control)
Who are the Suppliers ? • ERP: • SAP • Microsoft (AX and Navision) • International, top level, Resellers, not great in Food Production • MES • Systems Integration • Hellenic • Specific to a country, often a sector, part of production, NOT ERP • Across All: • CSB (Food and Beverage)
What Issues do Sites face ? • No 1 Issue: Traceability (BRC, Supermarkets). ‘You have up to 4 hours, trace this pack’ • Stock Control, Management, Wastage and Returns • Yield • Quality Control
Integrated Software for Food Factories ERP MES / Production Control Despatch Ware-housing Distrib-ution Goods In Farm and Delivery Machine and Line Control True Integration and Traceability
Benefits of Integrated Systems • Real Time Operation • Full Traceability • Improve stock management (0.5 to 2%) • Increase Yield (1 to 3 %) • Reduce Paperwork and Labour Saving • Increase Throughput • Increase Profitability