[名詞解譯] MES (Manufacturing Execution System)

MES(Manufacturing Execution System)
Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) are computerized systems used in manufacturing. MES can provide the right information at the right time and show the manufacturing decision maker "how the current conditions on the plant floor can be optimized to improve production output."[1] MES work in real time to enable the control of multiple elements of the production process (e.g. inputs, personnel, machines and support services).
MES might operate across multiple function areas, for example: management of product definitions across the product life-cycle, resource scheduling, order execution and dispatch, production analysis for Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), and materials track and trace.
The idea of MES might be seen as an intermediate step between, on the one hand, an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, and a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) or process control system on the other; although historically, exact boundaries have fluctuated.

MES (製造執行系統 )
輔助生管人員收集現場資料及控制現場製造流程，提供企業改善製程、提高生產效益的工具。


大部分的MES系統模組皆會包括
－訂單管理(Customer Order Management , COM)、
－物料管理(Material Management System, MMS)、
－製程控管系統 (Work In Process Tracking , WIP)、
－生產排程(Production Scheduling System , PSS)、
－品質控管(Statistical Process Control , SPC)、
－設備控管(Equipment Management System, EMS)、
－對外部系統的PDM整合介面(PDM Integration Interface)、
－與ERP整合介面(ERP Integration Interface)等模組。

MES是將企業生產所需的核心業務如訂單、供應商、物管、生產、設備保養、品管等流程整合在一起的資訊系統，它提供即時化、多生產型態架構、跨公司生產管制的資訊交換；可隨產品、訂單種類及交貨期的變動彈性調整參數等諸多能力，能有效的協助企業管理存貨、降低採購成本、提高準時交貨能力，增進企業少量多樣的生產控管能力。

參考資料:
1. [製程與品管]名詞解釋 MES ( Manufacturing Execution System )