Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Integration
A Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) connects production system machines
to an ERP system. IFS Cloud can be used as a standalone MES solution or can
be integrated with third party systems. Example of supported MES features:
- Manufacturing Part Master data integration APIs
- Sending an outbound message to start and stop machines from
Shop Floor Workbench.
- The Work Guideline Machine Instruction
can be fetched to a machine, enabling production parameters to be stored
in IFS Cloud.
- Machine integration to shop Order operations and Work Center
Resource status via the APIs in Shop Floor Connector projection, enabling
the following actions:
- Real-time machine registration of quality results.
- Automatic registration of downtime, which can improve OEE accuracy.
- Operation time and quantity reporting and receiving Shop Order to
stock
- Fetching next executable or ongoing operations.
- API reporting on Production Schedules using the Schedule Connector
projection, enables:
- Getting information about the Production Schedules
- Production Schedule reporting
MES Master Data integration
The integration APIs in the ManufacturingPartService and the InventoryPartService
Projections enable integration of Manufacturing Master data with a third party
system. These APIs are desinged to be used together in sequence to the
required Part information.
| API |
Projection |
Description |
| GetParts |
ManufacturingPartService |
This API will return a list of parts and connected
Routing, Recipes structures and Product structures. The part list contains
information of the structure/routing types, alternates, revisions, phase
in and phase out dates.
A filter option enables that only parts
that have been updated/changed within a specified number of days are
returned. This regards changes, for the specific part, in the
database tables for the
Main Master Part tab and the Main Inventory Part tab, Routing Header,
Routing Alternate, Routing Operation, Routing Tool, Routing Guidelines,
Structure Header, Structure Alternate, Structure Components or Structure
Guidelines. Deleted lines are not considered
in this time filter. |
| GetPartStructureInformation |
ManufacturingPartService |
Given the input of part number, structures
type, alternate and revision; product structure information is returned.
This includes component information and related work guidelines. |
| GetPartRecipeStructure |
ManufacturingPartService |
Given the input of part number, structures type, alternate and
revision; recipe structure information is returned. This includes component
information and related work guidelines. |
| GetPartRoutingInformation |
ManufacturingPartService |
Given the input of part number, routing type,
alternate and revision; routing information is returned. This includes
operation infromation and the related work guidelines and tools. This
API does not support configurable parts. |
| GetPartInformation |
InventoryPartService |
Returns inventory part master data and inventory part characteristics.
This can be filtered to return all parts on a site, a specific part
or parts based on recent changes. |
Refer to the technical documentation & API Explorer for more information.
Outbound Communication
A shop order operation can generate an outbound message
to a machine, effectively telling the resource to start or stop. The Work
Center option Send IoT Events to Device needs to be enabled
and a Device ID connected to the Work Center Resource via the
Device Map. Machine Time started or stopped
on an operation will generate an Application Message. This
message contains the operation ID. The IFS Connect functions Routing Rule
and Routing Address can be used to enrich the message via the "Get
Operation Info" API and pass it on to external machines.
Refer to the technical documentation for more information.
Shop Floor Connector Projection
To automate Shop Order activities and quality reporting, these APIs can be
used:
- Start Production & Start Setup (Invoke
action StartOperation)
Start Run Time or Setup Time of the type
Machine Time on a Work Center Resource connected to a specific Shop Order
Operation.
- Stop Production & Stop Setup (Invoke action
StopOperation)
Stop Run Time or Setup Time of the type Machine
Time on a specific Shop Order Operation. This can also be used to close
the operation.
- Report scrap (Invoke action ReportQuantityScrap)
Report produced scrap on a specific Shop Order Operation. Handles
quantity, Scrap Reason and Time of Production. This can also be used to
close the operation.
- Report completed quantity (Invoke action ReportQuantityComplete)
Report produced parts on a specific Shop Order Operation. Handles
quantity and Time of Production. This can also be used to close the operation.
- Start Machine Downtime (Invoke action StartMachineDowntime)
Start a Machine Downtime on a Work Center or Work Center Resource connected
to a site. It is optional to register the downtime cause.
- Stop Machine Downtime (Invoke action StopMachineDowntime)
Stop a Machine Downtime on a Work Center or Work Center Resource.
- Enter Analysis Results for Shop Order (Invoke
action ReportAnalysisResult)
Register analysis result on a Data
Point connected to a specific Analysis Number. Handles Entered by to identify
who entered the result. Can set the Data Point to completed if the required
sample size has been registered. Values sent to a Data Point will be handled
incrementally depending on the data type:
- Attribute - Sending a Result will increment the
number of Nonconforming by one and the Result value will be added to
the current value of Nonconformities.
- Categorical - Sending the Category Value ID as
the Result will increment the value in the corresponding result number
by one.
- Variable - Sending the result will register the
value in ascending order of available result number.
- Receive Shop Order (Invoke action ReceiveOrder)
Receive completed items to inventory on a specific Shop Order Operation.
Non issued components are backflushed if possible. Handles quantity, Lot
Batch Number, Serial number, Location number and Handling Unit ID. When
receiving serial number items you are limited to receive one item at a time.
- Get Operation Info
Returns a list,
based on an Operation ID, containing shop order operation information. Refer
to the API Explorer specification for a complete list of returned
information.
- Get Next Executable Operation
Returns "Get Operation Info" list for the next executable operation
on a specific Work Center and Work Center Resource.
- Get Current Operations
Returns "Get Operation Info" list for ongoing setup and production
operations on a specific Work Center and Work Center Resource.
Refer to the technical documentation & API Explorer for more information.
Machine Instructions
The Work Guideline type Machine Instruction
can hold information used by the machine in the production process. This data
can be fetched with the "Get Operation Info" API.
Production Schedule Connector Projection
These APIs can be used to automate Production Schedule activities:
- Report completed quantity (Invoke action ReportQuantity)
Report a quantity of a part produced on a Production Line. Serial numbers
can only be entered when reporting a quantity of one part. This API
does not support
Background job receiving, Catch UoM, Edit components and Packing Instruction.
- Report progress point quantity (Invoke action ReportProgressPointQuantity)
Report a quantity on a Production Line Progress Point.
- Report scrap (Invoke action ReportScrap)
Report
a scrap quantity of a part on either a Progress Point or a complete part.
- Get Production Schedules (Invoke action GetProductionSchedules)
Get information about ongoing Production Schedule production.
- Get Progress Points (Invoke action GetProgressPoints)
Get information about ongoing Progress Point status of a Part on a Production
Line.
- Get Analysis Information (Invoke action GetAnalysisInformation)
Get information regarding inspection analyses given a Site, Part and Production
Line. The inspection can be reported using the ReportAnalysisResult API in the Shop Floor Connector
Projection.
Refer to the technical documentation & API Explorer for more information.