MES Integration

Epicor CMS ERP

Datanational specializes in design, development, implementation and support of complete solutions for your shop floor. Solutions of this type require the skills to integrate the machines, tools and production report and alert systems with the communications equipment and ERP/MRP systems to inform and guide your shop floor staff. We have many years of experience and the know-how to successfully complete these projects on time and budget.

PlantTalk®:MES is an integrated Manufacturing Execution System from Datanational Corporation. It is designed to control and direct the operations at the shop floor level, assisting the shop personnel in getting their jobs done accurately and efficiently. The software can be installed as a tightly integrated solution, providing the framework to enable collaboration between your personnel, your shop floor equipment and your business systems. It is tightly integrated with CMS for the automotive sequencing requirements, production reporting, labeling and packing validation and shipment automation.

PlantTalk:Build

Your solution to shop floor automation

PlantTalk:Build is a software module designed to assist the line operators with a single piece flow of commodities. This includes providing step-by-step work instructions at each applicable station, scanning and machine interfaces for part and component validation, work-in-process and finished good part labeling, as well as rack completion and shipment verification. This process allows for full lot traceability of all applicable parts and components to the finished good part.

PlantTalk:Pack

Your solution to shop floor automation

PlantTalk:Pack is a comprehensive pack-off system that integrates with CMS for production reporting and container label printing. It supports the automated pack list printing based on standard packs. It also provides the validation of the unpack/repack process. Our system is scan-enabled to support packing of the parts into the final shipping containers to ensure that the correct part and quantity is being packed. The system provides the ability to allow containers to be configured as needed (by customer, by load) to ensure the flexibility of the container loading process, while still providing the full scan validation of the finished load.

Production Status Dashboards: The PlantTalk:Pack module also provides for dashboard representations of work centers and production lines, typically displayed on large screen monitors and key production personnel monitors. These views can be tailored to show color-coded status of production counts, work order usage, machine up/down status, including tailorable alerts for certain production conditions.

PlantTalk:Sequence

Your solution to shop floor automation

PlantTalk: Sequence is an integrated and comprehensive solution to the automotive sequencing requirements. Depending on the manufacturer, the sequencing requirement is referred to by many different names and acronyms, such as in-line vehicle sequencing (ILVS), sequential parts delivery (SPD), just-in-sequence (JIS), etc. The essence of automotive sequencing is for suppliers to deliver parts to the manufacturers just in time, and also in the proper build sequence, as requested by the customers.