Every production has its own specific needs. With PHARIS, you can configure the system to match the exact requirements of your manufacturing process – without paying for features you don’t use.
Based on years of experience, we’ve prepared an overview of typical production scenarios and linked them to the relevant modules. This will help you easily imagine how PHARIS can work in your operations – and how to tailor it to your needs.
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The system allows you to define your own custom code lists that can then be used in different parts of the system (for example, for defining values for Parameters, defining flags for Notifications, detailed specification for Job Registrations, etc.).
MES PHARIS addresses the comprehensive management and distribution of production documentation in electronic form directly to the workplace. The aim of this managed process is to ensure that up-to-date and approved production documentation is readily available on the terminal screen with the MES PHARIS production client directly at the machine.
Production documentation can be attached to many objects – machine, product, operation, maintenance…
Documentation can be in many formats – PDF, DOCX, XLS, DWG, JPG, AVI…
PHARIS can be as a primary manager of production documentation, or it allows integration to third party systems from where it takes documents – DMS, ERP, AGILE…
The PHARIS MES system includes a standardized communication interface (SCI) for integration with third party systems (ERP, Economic System, WMS, ACS, QMS…). It is based on the ANSI/ISA-95 standard for the integration of business and management information systems. Communication is primarily based on web services (WS) with support for other communication methods (DB, IDoc, …). Within the projects we have integrated a wide range of systems into the MES system – e.g. SAP, HELIOS, K2, QI, KARAT, ES POHODA, NAVISION, 1S, S3, BYZNYS, ENTRY, OR…
For uploading control programs to/from machines, MES/MOM includes a wide range of communication drivers – e.g. Euromap63, Euromap77, OPC UA, OPC DA, Modbus, Profibus, MTConnect, RS232, USB, ETH…
Centralization of control programs/machine settings in MES PHARIS offers a unified controlled management of versions and variants of control programs. The system also automatically takes care of the controlled upload of the correct version to the respective machine.
Recording of machine control programs is possible in context:
The MES system is then able to provide in a controlled manner:
Central program management is implemented in MES PHARIS with the requirements of the quality management standards of suppliers to the automotive industry. Within the framework of these standards, it meets the requirements for registration, approval and centrally controlled distribution of programs to/from machines and equipment.
For the purpose of integration with other systems, the REST API allows you to access data in MES PHARIS. Unlike the Standard Interface, it allows you to access live data.
The API allows you to create a plug-in that can extend standard processes with actions that are customer-specific. The API is accessible through DLL libraries that make the interface for plug-ins available. The API is only available for .NET environment .
In the material numbering system, it is possible to define the materials that enter production (input material, semi-finished products, dyes, packaging material, …) and that leave production (semi-finished products, products, waste). Materials are usually imported from ERP systems, or the material codebook can be managed directly in MES. Imported materials can be supplemented with data missing in ERP.
The system allows manual creation of Production Definition or their import from ERP systems. The workflows contain the definition of operations, input materials (BOM), steps, parameters, file documentation, resource requirements (workplace, machines, tools, people), training requirements, packaging regulations and process conditions (links between operations, required confirmations, …).
In other scenarios, the technological procedures in the MES system can be supplemented with data that is missing in the ERP system – e.g. technological parameters from equipment that are to be stored for a specific product variant, control plans, etc.
For the manual creation of technological procedures, it is possible to use user-defined templates (see separate scenario).
When manually creating workflows, operation templates can be used to easily enter values that are repeated for different workflows. Also, when importing workflows from ERP, operation templates can be used for data that is not contained in ERP systems and is added in the MES system. Operation templates can be created by the user.
Production is primarily schedulled for machines. If we are to plan maintenance, the two must necessarily meet. Any maintenance means machine downtime, from a planning point of view it creates a time window within which production cannot be planned. The APS module of Pharis takes these downtimes into account and takes them into account in its calculation algorithm.
Work calendars allow you to define the availability of machines, people and tools according to calendar time. Work calendars are primarily used for production scheduling. For machines, work calendars are also used to calculate OEE. Shifts, standard calendars, exception calendars, etc. can be defined in module so called Calendars. Calendars can be shared for multiple resources or can be set individually for a single resource.
The module is designed for clients who do not generate work orders from received orders in the ERP system or use only the economic system economic system like Pohoda or Money category.
In this case, MES PHARIS retrieves Sales Orders from these systems, which contain information about the type of product, required quantity and expected delivery date. MES PHARIS is then able to automatically generate work orders based on these sales orders, finished goods stock levels and minimum stock requirements. Rules can also be entered for optimum production batch, minimum production batch, stock levels, etc. MRP handles orders, forecasts, recalls.
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