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IT world

SIMATIC IT

■Overview ■Design

Integration and synchronization of all business processes with SIMATIC IT

In order to remain competitive, manufacturers must shorten their product launch times, increase production transparency and flexibility, optimize planning and scheduling, and reduce waste, storage costs and downtimes. At the same time, directives and high-quality standards must be observed in the global produc- tion locations, and maximum productivity and optimum costs must be guaranteed.

Manufacturing Execution Systeme (MES), such as SIMATIC IT from Siemens, permit effective integration of product processes and material management systems, and support the coordina- tion of all equipment and applications relevant to production dur- ing all phases.

SIMATIC IT can be used to model the complete production know-how, to precisely define the operating processes, and to record data in real-time from the ERP and production levels. It is then possible to control corporate processes more effectively, to

12 minimize downtimes, production waste and postprocessing, to optimize stockkeeping, and to react rapidly and flexibly to changing customer requirements.

SIMATIC IT consists of various components designed for differ- ent tasks which can all be coordinated by the SIMATIC IT Pro- duction Modeler.

The basic functions are implemented using SIMATIC IT compo- nents. These are available in the form of the following product bundles:

•SIMATIC IT Plant Intelligence (formally known as MIS - Man- agement Information System)

Defines key performance indicators conforming to the plant model. SIMATIC IT Plant Intelligence allows realistic assess- ment of the plant performance.

•SIMATIC IT Genealogy Management

For materials management in the entire company, taking into account the legal terms and conditions. Typical tasks are re- verse and forwards genealogy, fundamental material monitor- ing, and synchronization of material master data with the ERP system.

•SIMATIC IT Order Management

For job management from planning to execution, including scheduling, materials planning, new planning of sequence, monitoring and recording of execution.

Further bundles are available, e.g. SIMATIC IT Basic Tracking & Tracing, SIMATIC IT Basic Production Management or SIMATIC IT Production Suite, providing a fully-scaled product portfolio.

Production

Suite

Basic	Basic
Production	Tracking
Management	& Tracing

Order	Genealogy	MIS
Management	Management
Order	Material	Data
Management	Management	Management

Historian

Summary of SIMATIC IT bundles

Each of these product bundles contains the optional SIMATIC IT Client Application Builder (CAB) which provides the GUI for the MES applications in a complete Web-based environment. Pat- ented functions for optimization of image updating are available based on standard technology. The SIMATIC IT Client Applica- tion Builder offers complete support for operator stations which require practically no administrative overhead (so-called zero administration cost clients).

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Siemens ST PCS 7 · November 2007