The products

The Schertech Manufacturing Execution System (MES) has a modular structure and covers all aspects of manufacturing: production, planning, quality assurance, process management, tool management, maintenance, personnel, logistics, and lean management. The MES software unites all production processes in a central system and makes this critical information available to the entire company. It visualises complex processes and relationships and provides the information necessary to make the company more productive.

mesvisu

Machine status dashboard

mesvisu

Machine status dashboard

  • Machine connection with downtime capture
  • Order query in ERP
  • Downtime management
  • Employee sign-in and sign-out
  • Machine OEE and productivity
  • Container management
  • Quantity corrections
  • Quality records
  • 5S status

docvisu

Document management

docvisu

Document management

  • User definition of storage structures
  • Capturing all Office documents, PDFs and images
  • PDF conversion for browser display
  • Document versioning
  • Documentation for ISO/TS 16949, Environment 14001, Energy 50001, etc.
  • Document control on the shop floor
  • Follow-up of briefings
  • Linking documents to items and/or machines

qualivisu

Quality management

qualivisu

Quality management

  • Defining potential errors
  • Default recording and detection at the workstation using a touchscreen
  • SPC with control charts
  • Pareto deviation statistics
  • Digital quality documents
  • Employee training
  • Key figures for external and internal quality costs
  • Kaizen on the shop floor

taskvisu

Task management

taskvisu

Task management

  • Personal task follow-up
  • Task management for teams
  • Follow-up of regular meetings with ongoing documentation
  • Meeting minutes with action assignments
  • Vertical and horizontal escalation of actions
  • Recording of action history and delays
  • Email notification of new tasks
  • Storage of documents
  • Project management

processvisu

Process management

processvisu

Process management

  • User definition of monitoring parameters
  • Visualisation of process status
  • Event definition for deviations
  • Documentation of process optimisations and setup procedures
  • Checklists for setup and monitoring

shiftvisu

Downtime management

shiftvisu

Downtime management

  • Capturing all events on the shop floor
  • Stored actions in the event of faults
  • Shift records as documents for regular meetings
  • Capturing images and documents
  • Regular interdepartmental communication
  • Status of actions

leanvisu

Lean management

leanvisu

Lean management

  • Gemba Kaizen / continuous improvement process
  • Standards
  • Key figures
  • Visualisation of 5S status
  • 5S action follow-up
  • Regular communication
  • Cascading of actions
  • Digital shop floor board
  • A 3 reports

toolvisu

Tool management

toolvisu

Tool management

  • Master data management with tools and components
  • Repair planning
  • Repair history
  • Picture documentation
  • Downtime history
  • Spare parts management
  • Life cycle follow-up
  • Status monitoring for setup sequence
  • Storage location and bin management

tpmvisu

Maintenance

tpmvisu

Maintenance

  • Scheduling of TPM measures
  • Visualisation of TPM status on the machine
  • TPM cockpit
  • Maintenance planning
  • Measure tracking

castvisu

Process monitoring

castvisu

Process monitoring

  • Process data capture via machine sensors
  • Visualisation of process parameters in diagrams
  • Part-specific recipe management
  • Parameter monitoring
  • SPC visualisation of process quantities

planvisu

Production management

planvisu

Production management

  • Gantt chart production schedules
  • Visualisation of all order dates over the entire bill of materials
  • Visualisation of stock levels at all production stages
  • Coverage planning
  • Capacity planning
  • Setup sequence

costvisu

Controlling

costvisu

Controlling

  • Product costing analysis and direct costing
  • Cost control with budgeting
  • Quality cost monitoring
  • Commercial reporting
  • Key figures cockpit

Why Schertech?

Expertise
Intuitive operation
Lean Management
Industry-independent
Fast implementation
Developed by production employees

Our MES system has been developed in series production plants, based on the typical needs of production operations. The software is used every day in production plants, continuously refined and constantly tested.

Easy, intuitive operation

Schertech MES is easy to use and provides a complete overview at all levels, from production line staff to senior managers. The software has a short learning curve and is supported by helpful training tools.

Lean Management

Schertech MES has been developed on the basis of lean management and digitalisation. Full transparency in production thanks to digitalisation makes lean management even simpler and more effective. Digital visualisation boards eliminate the effort needed for paper-based signboards in conventional shop floor management. Schertech MES makes digital shop floor management with paperless visualisation a reality.

Industry-independent

Schertech MES is suitable for all companies involved in series production. Extensive configuration parameters in the software enable adaptation to a wide range of production environments. Connection to all types of ERP systems is a matter of course.

Fast implementation at reasonable cost

Low implementation effort in two to three months:

  • Identification of customer requirements
  • Installation of hardware and software
  • Connection of ERP system
  • Training of employees
  • Adaption of modules
Data acquisition (DAQ) and connectivity

How does the machine data reach the software? This is the core of our expertise. We take care about selecting, building and integrating the hardware. We are able to connect every machine and every workstation. All data is captured using sensors, signals or PLC interfaces: cycle times, downtimes and downtime reasons, setup times, rejects and quantities produced. A DAQ module automatically monitors and checks the validity of imported data. The data obtained by our DAQ module is buffered locally, allowing short network outages to be easily accommodated without any loss of data.

MES/ERP interface

Most of the data we process (master data of machines, personnel, work processes, orders, stock, etc.) comes from the ERP system. Schertech can communicate with any ERP system and provides the right interfaces for this, enabling order-related feedback to the ERP system. In the DAQ module the data is checked for plausibility and compared with the existing data in the ERP system.