Cloud manufacturing execution systems (MES) and product data management are taking centre stage at the upcoming Modern Manufacturing Expo, with GE Digital showcasing its cutting-edge software solutions with manufacturers and other industry leaders.
GE Digital is a silver sponsor for the upcoming event, which will be held from 20 to 21 September at the Sydney Showground in Sydney Olympic Park.
Marie Kinsella, CEO of the International Exhibition Conference Group, the company organising the expo, said the event’s priority focus areas include addressing the practical challenges Australian manufacturers navigate through on a daily.
“We’re excited to have GE Digital onboard as a sponsor for their expertise and wide range of products that address these manufacturing-specific challenges that will be showcased to attendees at the Expo in September,” Kinsella said.
David Berridge, ANZ senior manager for GE Digital’s Manufacturing and Digital Plant business, highlighted how MES as a Service can help manufacturers fast-track to modern manufacturing operations and frontline guidance, enabling connected workers across the enterprise.
“By reducing the costs and human power needed to deploy and maintain an MES, any manufacturer can implement an adaptable production system and gain the real-time operations optimization to support digital transformation, continuous improvement, and lean initiatives,” Berridge said.
Cloud MES enables businesses to leverage robust, composable no-code technology that would improve their operations in real-time. With this, manufacturers would be able to decrease the use of maintenance resources and increase performance with the latest features and newest software releases provided quickly through the cloud infrastructure.
Digitised manufacturing product data management can also enable faster time-to-market with accurate product data based on unified information mapping data from different systems, such as enterprise resource planning and product lifecycle management into MES.
Manufacturers today are facing a variety of manufacturing product data management issues, with spreadsheets accumulating tens of tabs and thousands of rows, paper records growing to be overwhelming, and multiple recipe changes that have to be coordinated across product lines.
“For companies that are tired of cobbling together plant systems or manually trying to capture the right product manufacturing data on paper, digitised manufacturing product data management can help increase throughput, reduce waste, and improve quality with the right information at their fingertips,” Berridge said.
