MES (Manufacturing Execution System) is a production process execution system of manufacturing enterprises, and it is a set of production information management system oriented to the executive level of manufacturing enterprises.
MES can provide enterprises with management modules including manufacturing data management, planning and scheduling management, production scheduling management, inventory management, quality management, human resource management, work center/equipment management, fixture management, procurement management, cost management, project kanban management, production process control, bottom data integration analysis, and upper data integration and decomposition, so as to build a solid, reliable, comprehensive and feasible manufacturing collaborative management platform for enterprises.
The executive layer of MRPII includes workshop operation and purchasing operation, and MES focuses on the execution of workshop operation plan, which enriches the functions of software in workshop control and workshop scheduling to meet the needs of changeable workshop environment.