1. Manufacturing Execution System Oliver L. Hung 11-09-2003

2. Definition MES are at the heart of CIM. The simplest model of CIM has MES as the middle ground between ERP systems and individual machine and automation controls ERP systems handle financial functions, customer orders and send production requests to the factory floor. MES provide overall control and management of the factory floor, and provide updated information the ERP. (Semiconductor International 1997)

3. Relationship

4. ERP-MES-Control Data Flow MESA International-White Paper

5. MES Technology Model Current MES architecture incorporates a data model and communication mechanism per vendor’s system – which could represent one or many MES functions, plus APIs for interfacing to external systems and EDI to link outside the corporation. MESA International-White Paper

6. MES Functions Resource Allocation and Status Operations/Detail Scheduling Dispatching Production Units Document Control Data Collection/Acquisition Labor Management Quality Management Process Management Maintenance Management Product Tracking and Genealogy Performance Analysis

7. Software MES Suppliers CompanyProductDescription CAMSTARControlVisionEquipment control software CAMSTARMESAMES COMPAQPROMIS, PROMIS Encore!MES, CIM ConsiliumWorkstream DFSMES Fastech IntegrationCellWork, FactoryWorks, SPCWorks, WinSECS Automation level software and MES IBMSuperPOSEIDON/SiViewCIM framework PRI AutomationTransetAutomation control software Texas InstrumentsWORKSCIM framework WonderwareIntrackMES

8. Software MES Suppliers CompanyProductGeneral Industry Key Target Markets Hardware Platforms DatabaseOperating Systems COMPAQPROMISbatch process, repetitive semiconductor, electronics DEC VAX/ALPHA, HP-UX DEC RMS, Oracle Open VMS, VMS, Digital UNIX, HP-UX COMPAQPROMIS Encore! batch process, repetitive semiconductor, electronics Windows NT, UNIX OracleWindows 95/NT, UNIX ConsiliumWorkstream DES batch process, repetitive semiconductor, electronics DEC VAX/APLHA,, UP-UX Informix, Oracle VAX, HP-UX IBMPOSEIDON/ SiView batch process, repetitive semiconductor, electronics IBMDB2AIX /Windows NT

9. Major Products Consilium HP-Compaq IBM

10. Consilium-Applied Materials WorkStream MES I functionality provides solutions in five main areas: Process Tracking and Monitoring Automation and Integration Quality and Engineering Management Scheduling and Dispatching Reporting and Data Warehousing

11. Consilium-Applied Materials FAB300 MES II

12. IBM SiView Object-oriented applications a strength of SiView Standard. Scheduling Specification Manager Materials Manager Quality Manager Automation Manager Common Object Support Services (COSS) from IBM Event Notification Services Business Object Server Systems Management eProduction

13. HP-Compaq SemiSuite PROMIS ENCORE!