Real Time Control of Manufacturing Utilizing a Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
Abstract
Manufacturing facilities need control for sustainability and longevity. If no control is provided for the manufacturing facility, then chaos can be unleashed causing much alarm. Therefore, it is essential to understand how control can be utilized to support the manufacturing facility and the corresponding manufacturing processes. This thesis will walk through a tool to help provide control and that tool is a Manufacturing Execution System (MES). This thesis will start with research to define MES and its implications, then will work into the development of MES from the ground up. The design process will be systematic and utilize the Collective System Design (CSD) approach with the aiding tool of the axiomatic decomposition map. Then examples will be given for the implementation and execution of the decomposition map as it relates to inventory and traceability. Final work will show the 7 FRs of manufacturing and how they are applicable to MES with given examples. Throughout the entire design and implementation, the initial hypothesis will be evaluated to determine if MES can provide the control required for a robust manufacturing facility.
Degree
M.Sc.
Advisors
Cochran, Purdue University.
Subject Area
Design|Artificial intelligence|Industrial engineering
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