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Panasonic Connect North America Launches Syncora Digital Manufacturing Platform to Spur Electric Vehicle Battery Manufacturing Growth in the U.S.

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It simplifies integration into upstream enterprise systems such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) and product lifecycle management (PLM), while also connecting to supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and machine-level data for monitoring and control.

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Benefits of integrating a MES system with SCADA

Control Engineering

Connecting layers of the manufacturing process is a crucial step in building a more effective operation and automation system. Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), manufacturing execution systems (MES) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) are three of the most important levels of the manufacturing process.

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Increasing production with less capital

Control Engineering

Manually-reported overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) was inaccurate and lacked data necessary to determine true utilization. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) Integration for downloading production schedules automatically. Several PLCs were upgraded to have EtherNet/IP capability.

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More answers on bridging the gap from edge to cloud MES to make automation more effective

Control Engineering

Question : How do you address the security risk of enterprise resource planning (ERP) data going through MES to Level 2 to run batches, start production runs, changes grades? Andersen: The main concerns right now are about education and mitigation of human errors which are often the leading cause of cybersecurity events.

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Software Technology to Meet Moldmaking Challenges

Mold Making Technology

Photo Credit: ECI Software Solutions ERP Software Enables Manufacturers to Maximize Operational Efficiencies ECI Software Solutions ’ JobBoss 2 is a manufacturing enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for small- to medium-sized job shops.