Developing manufacturing execution software as a service for small and medium size enterprise

Abstract

This paper analyzes the needs and challenges faced by the IT infrastructure of Small and Medium Sized enterprises. The findings show that the communication between Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Manufacturing Execution system (MES) is not real time. To cover the gaps presented in this paper, we propose a cloud based Software as a Service for MES (MESSaaS). This MESSaaS supports distributed manufacturing and provides key performance indicator data for production; it also has ability to connect with real time external systems such as ERP. To develop MESSaaS, we introduced a framework based on the Model Driven Architecture (MDA) for designing MESSaaS in the IT infrastructure of SMEs. The MESSaaS is designed for flexible manufacturing system and the schema of implementation of proposed solution was explain. © IEOM Society International. © IEOM Society International.