Relationship between product definitions, processes and equipment (1 | 2)

Manage equipment specifications
Product definitions hold the specifications to manufacture products, such as the related process in the workflow and the constraints and parameters for the involved equipment. For example, packed goods are linked to the process ‘packing’, which groups equipment, such as weighing scales, a label printer, box filler and a palletiser. For each piece of equipment, the parameters are stored in the product definition. On demand, MEScontrol.net transmits the parameters from the product definition to the equipment in the work center in realtime.

Client model configuration
The plant layout represents the conversion of the physical process steps in the production process (see background) to the ISA-95 compliant client model: processes, work centers, routing, constraints (see foreground). The client model consists of work centers, which are the production units that group the equipment to execute a specific process. Other types of work centers are reception areas and storage zones. The connections between the work centers, storage zones and reception areas determine the routing, from intake to expedition, and the related routing constraints.