IT has made it possible to simplify processes in many sectors of the economy. In the industrial sector, too, technology can be an ally in optimising processes, and today it is essential for increasing competitiveness and improving the quality of the final product. In particular, Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), such as Flow Manufacturing, offer enormous potential for optimising production processes. Discover the benefits below.

Benefits of using an MES

- Increase flexibility

An MES allows the industrial manager to know the status of processes on the shop floor from any location and at any time, accessing all information through mobile devices.

- Reduce the ecological footprint

Because it can be integrated with a range of devices and sensors, using an MES eliminates the need for paper records to control the manufacturing process.

- Make fact-based decisions

Data collected on the shop floor is automatically turned into reports and dashboards, supporting factual, informed decision-making.

- Simplify production planning

The product planning module is designed to fulfil planning orders, automatically generating the complete chain of production orders that result in the final product. This module makes the classic production planning process easier, where the various processes for each stage of a product's production need to be planned.

- Improve industrial performance

With an MES that gathers, processes and analyses data from machines and production activities, an industrial company has an up-to-date map of all opportunities for operational improvement and for saving costs and resources, in real time.

About Flow Manufacturing

Flow Manufacturing is MES (Manufacturing Execution System) production management software that monitors and controls every stage of the production process in real time, integrating shop floor equipment and the ERP.

Flow Manufacturing can be adapted to a wide range of industrial contexts and is currently running in several industries: chemicals (Mistolin), agri-food (Pascoal, Lugrade, Queijos Santiago, Tété, A Poveira, etc.), textiles (ETEXBA), metalworking (Lacovale), jewellery (Flamingo), among others.

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