2. Top 6 Tips to Deliver a Successful MES Project
Chris McLaughlin
SCADA & MES Specialist / Vertech

3. SCADA & MES Specialist / Vertech
Chris McLaughlin
SCADA & MES Specialist / Vertech

4. What is a Successful Project?
Integrator and End User definitions of a successful project are different
Integrator Goals
End User Goals
Profitable Project
On Budget
Consistent Engineer Utilization
On Time
Complete all the scope objectives
Deliver Value (repeat business)
User Adoption
Continuous Improvement
“More boxes out the door or less cars in the parking lot”
ROI

5. What can make a MES implementation fail?
3 Real-Life Examples
Invest millions, then pull back to small feature set
MES
Invest millions, stop the implementation, rip and replace
MES
Great feature set, no adoption, no use

6. That you can use right when you go back to work
My Goal
6 Specific Strategies
That you can use right when you go back to work

7. Team Approach and Change Management1
Team Approach, stakeholders, operator input, change management
Project Lead
Engineering and IT
Executive Representative
Someone who:
Understands how the Process Works
Understands how the Process Makes Money
Understands how to Make the Process More Efficient
Can Affect Change on an Equipment and Human Level
Operators
Team Leads
Who owns the project once it is implemented?
Material management
Rates management
Codes management
Modifications and Additions

8. Team Approach and Change Management1
Kotter’s 8 Steps For Leading Change
Vertech.com/ICC
Image by TRACC

9. Process Map 2
Processes

10. Process Map 2
LucidCharts.com

11. Features and Calculations3
Line or Machine
Products
Availability
Downtime Tracking
Performance
Quality
Statuses, Events, Triggers
Theory and Calculations
Screens
Details

12. Features and Calculations3
Vertech.com/ICC

13. 30%, 60% and 90% Reviews 4 Scheduled Review Workshops
30%: Main overview screen, 1 – 2 sub screens, wireframes of the rest
Purpose: review look and feel, content understanding, major edits
60%: Majority of the screens in a semi-finished state, back-end developing
Purpose: review content on the new screens and revisions, possibly a simulated demo, minor edits and content
90%: All screens in a mostly-finished state, back-end is nearing completion
Purpose: review revisions from the 60%, simulated demo possibly with live content from the plant floor, very minor content comments

14. Actionable Information5
Actionable Information: Providing information to the right person at the right time with context so that they can make a decision and act.
24.83 ft
7.00 ft
52A
105A

15. Actionable Information5
OEE: 68% Status: Line Down Quality: 100% Availability: 85% Performance: 80% Rate: 327 pph
OEE: 68% (warning color)
Status: Line Down (current time, total time)
Quality: 100% (neutral gray)
Availability: 85% (neutral gray)
Performance: 80% (warning color)
Rate: 327 pph (target 400 pph, average 320 pph)
Top 3 downtime reasons
Top 3 performance reasons
Total delay in minutes: A=36 min, P= 60 minutes
Text operations manager if delay > or = 1 hour
maintenance lead if availability < or = 70%

16. UX for OEE – Original Screen6

17. UX for OEE – Squint Test 6

18. UX for OEE – Color 6

19. UX for OEE – Space 6
12.5%
2.5%
60%
10%

20. UX for OEE – Space 6

21. UX for OEE – Audience and Context6

22. UX for OEE – Comparison 6

23. UX for OEE – Redesign 6