Manufacturing Execution System (MES) for your production

Better planning. Better controlling. Better manufacturing.

Modular MES system

Flexible MES solution with modules such as

MDE, BDE, OEE, Shop-floor scheduling, DNC, Tracking & Tracing etc.

Adaptable. Powerful. Future-proof.

Manufacturing Execution System FASTEC 4 PRO Produce more efficiently – definitely ahead of the competition

What is MES?

MES bridges the Planning and Production levels of your company. It connects your ERP/PPS application with the machines and units.

MES helps you make your production transparent, secure and improve the quality of your products, optimi-se production processes and consequently reduce your production costs.

An MES solution therefore helps you in getting enviable position amongst the competition.

What can MES do for you?

Transparency in production

With MES you get reliable and assessable information about the entire manufacturing process at every level of the company – in real time.

This way, you will know the progress of an order, whether the machine is running the way it has previously been running, what problems have arisen, what improvements can be made in the processes etc.

Quality assurance and quality improvement

With MES you can keep a detailed account of when what was produced by whom, at which work center.

These exact data help you in easily and quickly identifying sources of error and finally removing them.

Optimising the production

With MES you can check, analyse and control the pro-duction process round the clock in your company. MES provides you with a comprehensive and exact database, using which you can identify, remove and, in future, avoid weak spots in your production.

With this, you optimise the entire production and ultimately reduce your costs.

An MES solution will make your production facility more efficient, better, faster, more flexible and therefore com-petitive and capable of handling future requirements.

Our recommendation for your success:

Switch to the fast track.

With FASTEC 4 PRO, our modularly structured and industry-independent MES solution, you have enormous cost, productivity and quality advantages to get an enviable position among the competition.

FASTEC 4 PRO fulfils all demands made on an MES solution. Furthermore, FASTEC 4 PRO is extremely flexible and adaptable and also includes the VDI Guideline 5600 – production management systems.

Modern production facilities must produce efficiently, flexibly, on schedule, quickly and most

importantly, be customer oriented, in order to be competitive. With a Manufacturing Execution

System (MES), you are enabling futuristic capacities for your company.

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Save costs, resources and timeFASTEC 4 PRO makes production processes in your com-pany transparent. Transparency is indispensable when it comes to success to ensure lasting process optimisation. You can therefore

avoid wastages through lower setup time, fewer idle periods, product and process errors, over-production, scrap etc.

identify weak points by automatically generated evaluations and analyses in seconds

use resources optimally, for example by an improved personnel resource planning

avoid errors through automatic data acquisition instead of manual

save time through status and progress tests directly on the PC work station

avoid errors and save time by order-specific transfer of NC programmes or parameter records directly on the machines

improve job-order costing and identify unprofitable orders by exact order data

Securing and improving qualityFrom receipt of goods to finished product, FASTEC 4 PRO ensures a quick, comprehensive and accurate access to all relevant process data.FASTEC 4 PRO helps you

support workers directly on work centers with digital production information

reduce scrap by timely identification of error sources

limit errors by identifying connections between work centers, tools and personnel which were previously unknown

adhere to specified intervals for random sampling and SPC support

record all production information by product- based documentation (traceability)

meet quality standards by acquiring, analysing and archiving of all process and quality data

avoid use of outdated programme versions by version management mechanisms of NC programmes

Increase productivityWith FASTEC 4 PRO, you can monitor the production in real time. You can identify and remove problems faster, and therefore produce according to the deadlines of your orders. Therefore, you achieve

higher degree of efficiency, better machine utilisation and better use of total capacities

timely and smoother machine scheduling under consideration of the current resource situation

avoidance of machine breakdowns by precautionary servicing

more transparency and higher machine availability by direct reaction to problems

optimum setup sequence, batches and capacity utilisations as well as a more efficient material usage

drastically reduced idle period and processing time in multi-level production processes

Maximise customer satisfactionWith FASTEC 4 PRO, you ensure maximum customer satisfaction, because you can

make reliable commitments about supply availability through the transparency of your production

place offers on schedule by quick identification of and reaction to possible bottlenecks

guarantee high product quality

incorporate individual customer wishes in model and process based work instructions

Declining costs – Increasing quality, productivity and customer satisfaction Right on target with FASTEC 4 PRO

With FASTEC 4 PRO, you improve the competitiveness of your company. FASTEC 4 PRO is your key

for increasing the product quality and for optimising the entire production. And finally, it means

lower costs for you.

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Efficiency with FASTEC 4 PROWith interfaces for ERP/PPS solution on one side and machines and units on the other, FASTEC 4 PRO builds a bridge between the Planning and Production levels.

Through the vertical integration of FASTEC 4 PRO in your company, you can accept orders directly from your ERP/PPS solution and plan related operations taking place on the shop-floor scheduling directly on the machines and units. Simultaneously, ERP/PPS solution with relevant in-formation is provided in time from the production area.

Due to the horizontal integration of FASTEC 4 PRO, you can access all elements involved in production through a comprehensive database and adjust them according to each other. You can use these data for analysis of weak points, retracing and quality assurance of products.

Therefore, performance and economy of your produc-tion is measurable and controllable.

A winner with FASTEC 4 PRO Always a step ahead with the right solution

Success with FASTEC 4 PROYour production changes – FASTEC 4 PRO changes accordingly.

With its modular design, FASTEC 4 PRO offers you the ideal growth possibilities. Furthermore, FASTEC 4 PRO caters to fast comprehension.

The user-friendly software with its intuitive user inter-faces and simple operation guarantees a short adjust-ment period and less effort on training and thus higher acceptability among the staff members.

If the software is quick and simple, the information with which you can optimise your production will be that much more accurate.

Independence with FASTEC 4 PROWould you like to customise or enhance FASTEC 4 PRO to suit your production department?

Not a problem, because you can customise screen dis-plays, analyses, the entire system yourself. In this way, you can quickly and simply integrate new machines with the logically designed basic data editor, for instance.

With the screen designer, you can design screens for the office or production clients comfortably. And the report designer helps you in generating reports with diagrams quickly and comfortably.

International with FASTEC 4 PRO FASTEC 4 PRO is multi-lingual.

So, employees at various locations can work with one system in an internationally placed company and have an access to a uniform data record.

Vertical and horizontal integration with FASTEC 4 PRO

Efficiency enabled by production-oriented integration, success enabled by adaptation, indepen-

dence enabled by flexibility and international presence enabled by multi-lingual features.

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Production data – any place, any time Quick reactions and increase in productivity

Example of a production facility with FASTEC 4 PRO modules

Weak points or wastages can be removed only if you can identify them in a production process.

FASTEC 4 PRO gives you the facility to do just that with its monitoring system. After all, more

transparency means more productivity.

With FASTEC 4 PRO, you have a comprehensive monito-ring system at hand, which provides you data you require on your PC workstation in real time.

The system synchronously collects all data, saves and prepares them in graphic and tabular form. FASTEC 4 PRO offers you several possibilities for analysing this information:

clear tabular and graphic reports of all data

overview of monitoring details e.g. of machine status, number of units, cycle times etc.

graphic analyses, for instance of target and actual quantities, cycle time excesses, projections etc.

easily created pivot tables for analysing complex data

interactive diagrams with drill down function

clear and extensive reports in seconds etc.

You can get information directly at your PC workstation about the status of individual machines, a machine group

or about the entire plant. With a mouse click, you can easily and quickly get information on all production indi-cators such as OEE, availability, performance and quality. And all of this in real time.

Online monitoring helps you react in time and remove discrepancies, errors or failures. In the long run, the capa-bility of FASTEC 4 PRO to create analyses of long periods proves to be of higher significance. You can carry out a specific weak point analysis with this information, further optimise your production and consequently save costs.

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Project developmentTime required for commissioning your system is brought down to a minimum by way of consultations, prior clarification of important details and an optimum product planning.

IT Requirementsfunctional cable (LAN) or radio based (WLAN) IT

network on machines, units and office PCs

database server with MS SQL or Oracle database

Our recommendation: our industry-fit touch-panel PCs as production terminals.

Test installation/lendingYou can arrange for a test installation of FASTEC 4 PRO with us for a risk-free test before the purchase.

Maintenance contractYou receive free telephonic Hotline support with our maintenance contract.

Release change optionSoftware must constantly meet the latest technological demands. With our release change option, your FASTEC 4 PRO is always updated.

This guarantees an optimum, long-term usage.

Training

Short training and processing times are special features of FASTEC 4 PRO. Due to the intuitive user interfaces and easy operation, it is designed for easy comprehension and high user acceptance.

It is the best guarantee for you to use the software as efficiently and optimally as possible for your production.

Financing

If you have any queries regarding alternative financing options such as leasing, let us help you. After all, FASTEC 4 PRO pays off!

Experience shows that monthly leasing rates are normally lower than the increased added value.

FASTEC offers you everything from one source:

From advice on installation to training and after-sales support: We will connect the network of your machines, units and PCs and install the server if your resources are currently not at hand.

You obviously receive all necessary hardware compo-nents (panel PCs or standard PCs for machines, scanner, printer, PCs, notebooks, server) you require for operating FASTEC 4 PRO.

What do you expect when you decide in favour of FASTEC 4 PRO? Project development and support from one source

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FASTEC 4 PRO-Module overview Flexible for individual use

4 PRO BASIS basic moduleProvides 4 PRO module basic functions such as master data (employee, shifts, machines etc.), user management, moni-toring etc. ; Enables individual customisation of screens and reports with screen and report designers; Configurations can be changed easily with the basic data editor.

4 PRO MDE Machine data acquisition

4 PRO MDE/OEE efficiency of the entire system Collecting and evaluating machine data (performance, availability, quality); Determination of production indicators (e.g. OEE).

4 PRO MDE/PDE Process data acquisition Recording of required process parameters, threshold monitoring for exceeding or under.

4 PRO MDE/PM Process messages Process-related messages such as alarms, can be selected through machine controls and saved permanently in the log book.

4 PRO BDE Production order management Administration and monitoring of production orders; Import of orders/process steps, order tracing, overview, inter-ruption, machine assignment etc.; Order acceptance from PPS/ERP system possible

4 PRO LS Shop-floor scheduling, planning table Integrated resource test, graphic representation of target/actual situation, gathering/splitting, overlapping planning

4 PRO FIS Production information system Forwarding of order, item or process step related informati-on to the work center (e.g. images, diagrams, data sheets)

4 PRO DNC Direct Numerical Control NC program transfer e.g. to/from machines; Enables pro-gramme administration (including version control), upload and download of machine parameter records, logging.

4 PRO TNT Tracking & Tracing Item/Order tracking: Tracing of all production processes. Series and batch number related recording, saving of produc-tion properties, product tracing from stations/time, perma-nent saving.

4 PRO WZV Tool management* Order-based allocation of tools to machines, monitoring of idle periods, maintenance schedules, tool history; Verification of tool availability.

4 PRO INST Maintenance management* Generation/Management of maintenance contracts based on intervals, time, units and event-based maintenance/repair order; Gives maintenance instructions, checklists, unit history; Provides spare part stocking.

4 PRO MPZE Machine personnel work time Detailed aquisition of master data of machine personnel with respective skills; Logging of sign in/out of the work center; Useful for incentive systems; Interfaces for time logging systems on request.

4 PRO VIEW Monitoring on large screens Display of machine status, production indicators and alarms on external displays such as large screens with slide shows as well.

4 PRO ALARM Alarm Sends SMS or email alerts to staff members in case of easily definable incidents.

4 PRO TM Transport manager For connecting automated transport systems to the MES system and controlling logistic routines.

4 PRO Office client evaluation software Software for operating individual 4 PRO modules on PC work stations in office or workshop.

4 PRO Interfaces Varied interface components, which provide communication with ERP/PPS solutions and machine/units.

FASTEC 4 PRO modules are fast in adapting to special functions through parameterisation, customising, scripting unless it requires extensive programming.

Individual customisations of our upgradeable modules according to specifications are also available.

We will be glad to provide you with detailed information about individual modules.

Module concept FASTEC 4 PRO

* available from 2010 Spring

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Would you like to experience FASTEC 4 PRO live?

We would be delighted to schedule a web or office presentation at your office or ours.

You can also see FASTEC 4 PRO being used at one of our customer‘s locations. This way, you can see for yourself the satisfaction and success with which our customers are using FASTEC 4 PRO.

FASTEC GmbH, Paderborn

What does FASTEC 4 PRO give our customers? We‘ll let them speak for themselves...

Improved monitoring of machines ensured that we could achieve pro-

ductivity reserves between 10% and 20%. We also mana-ged to reduce the cycle times to a 2-digit percent value. Through systematic documentation of causes of errors, we could also optimise our tools.Dieter Henke, CEO, Henke Beschläge

It gives us a quick overview of the production status and we can em-

ploy counter measures quickly in case of problems. Search times have been minimised and general employee satisf-action has increased because of better internal flow of in-formation. Productivity has increased by up to 15 % since we began recording it.Alexander Schmeing, CEO, Holztechnik Schmeing

By introducing FASTEC 4 PRO to 10 core shooters, we could collect and evaluate exact information on

production and loss times for the first time. This infor-mation enabled us to incorporate specific measures for increasing productivity and reducing loss times. We are planning to introduce FASTEC 4 PRO in more machines and units. Wolfgang Brugger, Manager Planning - Core production - Moulding, Casting, Guss Komponenten, Hall in Tyrol

More customer testimonials, user reports, project descriptions under: www.fastec.de Referenzen

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