Epicor Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
In today’s competitive market, manufacturers like you need to boost efficiency to gain an advantage. Essentially, you need to produce more while spending less — and a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) can help you achieve that.
Technically, a Manufacturing Execution System is a solution that connects and monitors machines and work centers on the shop floor. Its primary goal is to ensure the effective execution of production operations and improve overall manufacturing performance.
Epicor Advanced MES (Mattec)
Epicor Mattec MES is a real-time data collection solution that captures information directly from machines and operators on the shop floor. This eliminates manual recording processes that are often time-consuming and prone to errors.
With instant production updates, managers can proactively monitor, predict, and address issues before they impact production schedules or product quality. Real-time data helps quickly identify bottlenecks, reduce waste, and improve both product quality and customer service.
From the shop floor to the executive office, every department can access accurate, timely data to make informed decisions — driving greater operational efficiency and enhancing the company’s competitive edge.
Industries well-suited for Mattec MES include:
- Plastic Molding Manufacturing
- Blow Molding and Tooling
- Injection Molding Production
- Metal Stamping Manufacturing
- Metal Forming Production
- CNC Machining Manufacturing
- Assembly Line Manufacturing
Modules in Epicor Mattec MES
Production Monitoring
– Automatic data collection
– Monitor uptime/downtime
– Monitor actual cycle times and scrap
Energy Monitoring
– Understand maintenance and quality in context of energy consumption
– Analyze direct energy required to produce any item
– Create optimal startup sequence to lower peak consumption
– Understand trade-offs between using existing equipment and capital investments
Planning and Scheduling
– Automatic schedule adjustments
– Kanban scheduling
– Labor and material requirements forecasting
– Machine capacity planning
– Tool conflicts
Quality Management
– Automatic part qualification/rejection
– Statistical process control (SPC)
– Statistical quality control (SQC)
– Monitor every cycle and every machine 24/7
Visibility, Reporting, and Analysis
– Accurate, consistent efficiency metrics
– Production metrics – from machine to enterprise
– Downtime and scrap analysis
– Operator labor and productivity visual root-cause indicators
– Real-time screens and views
Maintenance Management
– Generate automatic MRO tasks
– Schedules maintenance around production
– Rules-based maintenance based on runtime, cycles, or time
– Real-time alerts and reports
– Accelerate issue response and resolution
– Operator help calls with automatic notifications
– Automated alerts, messaging, and escalation
– Automated monitoring for process parameters
– Six Sigma®
– Theory of constraints (TOC)
– Total productive maintenance (TPM)
– Common and custom CI metrics
– OEE, asset utilization, and capacity utilization
– Mean time between failures (MBTF)
– Minor stops per runtime hour (MS/RH)
– Mean time to repair (MTTR)
– Root cause factors
Business Architecture
– Includes a template specific to plastics, metals, rubber, and related industries, with complex capabilities like active cavity tracking and family molding
– Microsoft® Windows Server® and Microsoft SQL Server® (current versions)
– Open architecture for interfacing to business systems
– Out-of-the-box bi-directional interface to Epicor ERP
