MES is the international focus of Industry 4.0

HMI: great interest in Industry 4.0 solutions for visualizing manufacturing dataThe MES solutions from gbo datacomp were once again the focus of interest at this year's Hannover Messe. At the well-attended stand of the Augsburg-based MES system house, trade fair visitors were particularly interested in solutions relating to digital online production control center. Many discussions focused specifically on the visualization of production data and how to use it for efficient production planning and control. The Manufacturing Execution System forms the backbone of such solutions BiSoftMes by gbo. Through his modular structure It can be tailored precisely to the requirements of the respective company and also individually scaled so that it also meets the future requirements of automated and networked production. “The discussions with trade fair visitors have shown one thing: The term MES has prevailed on the market — even internationally,” sums up Michael Möller, managing director of gbo datacomp GmbH, Augsburg. “This proves the Central importance of MES solutions for the implementation of Industry 4.0. “In particular, visitors to Hannover Messe showed great interest in solutions for visualizing manufacturing data. “Some manufacturing companies already have enormous amounts of data and now need solutions that enable them to use it efficiently,” explains Möller. A clear and understandable visualization of such data is the first step with which manufacturing companies can identify optimization potential on the shop floor and finally use it. To do this, the production control center requires Dashboard solutions, which are clearly structured and provide the most important information about manufacturing progress in real time, so that they can intervene as quickly as possible in the event of faults or unplanned downtimes, for example. “Our BiSoftMES provides transparent data for more efficient and flexible manufacturing,” says GBO managing director Möller.Hannover Messe has shown that medium-sized manufacturing companies have recognized the great importance of manufacturing execution systems for the success of digital transformation and are now looking for suitable products and services on their way towards Industry 4.0. This enormous demand was reflected at the gbo datacomp stand in Hanover.