MES in the Automotive Sector

In this article I would like to transmit my experience focusing in why an MES (Manufacturing Execution System) is needed specially for the discrete industries like the Automotive segment and how we take as much profit as possible from the investment, the so called ROI (return of investment).

Let us list the typical drivers that moves an industry to go for a digital strategy.

1. Your lines and machines are not transparent enough. e.g. OEE and downtimes reasons, or another important production KPIs.
2. You still have a lot physical paper production, e.g. production scheduling, production processes for workers, etc.
3. You have a lack of traceability, e.g. income goods traceability, or product process parameters.
4. Detailed scheduling for production orders
5. Need for IIOT use cases implementation as Energy efficiency, predictive maintenance, or machine digital twins.

As I don’t represent any MES supplier, the idea of this article is to think and evaluate my recommendations that can come when you start your digital journey with a MES implementation.

I can list more bullets but I want to make it simple and pragmatic. If one or more of the above bullets meets you, it means that you probably need to start a production digital strategy…