Siemens ST PCS 7 User Manual

 

Siemens ST PCS 7 · November 2007

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In order to remain competitive, manufacturers must shorten their 

product launch times, increase production transparency and 

flexibility, optimize planning and scheduling, and reduce waste, 

storage costs and downtimes. At the same time, directives and 

high-quality standards must be observed in the global produc-

tion locations, and maximum productivity and optimum costs 

must be guaranteed.
Manufacturing Execution Systeme (MES), such as SIMATIC IT 

from Siemens, permit effective integration of product processes 

and material management systems, and support the coordina-

tion of all equipment and applications relevant to production dur-

ing all phases.
SIMATIC IT can be used to model the complete production 

know-how, to precisely define the operating processes, and to 

record data in real-time from the ERP and production levels. It is 

then possible to control corporate processes more effectively, to 

minimize downtimes, production waste and postprocessing, to 

optimize stockkeeping, and to react rapidly and flexibly to 

changing customer requirements.

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SIMATIC IT consists of various components designed for differ-

ent tasks which can all be coordinated by the SIMATIC IT Pro-

duction Modeler.
The basic functions are implemented using SIMATIC IT compo-

nents. These are available in the form of the following product 

bundles:
• SIMATIC IT Plant Intelligence (formally known as MIS - Man-

agement Information System) 

Defines key performance indicators conforming to the plant 

model. SIMATIC IT Plant Intelligence allows realistic assess-

ment of the plant performance.

• SIMATIC IT Genealogy Management

For materials management in the entire company, taking into 

account the legal terms and conditions. Typical tasks are re-

verse and forwards genealogy, fundamental material monitor-

ing, and synchronization of material master data with the ERP 

system.

• SIMATIC IT Order Management

For job management from planning to execution, including 

scheduling, materials planning, new planning of sequence, 

monitoring and recording of execution.

Further bundles are available, e.g. SIMATIC IT Basic Tracking & 

Tracing, SIMATIC IT Basic Production Management or 

SIMATIC IT Production Suite, providing a fully-scaled product 

portfolio.

Summary of SIMATIC IT bundles

Each of these product bundles contains the optional SIMATIC IT 

Client Application Builder (CAB) which provides the GUI for the 

MES applications in a complete Web-based environment. Pat-

ented functions for optimization of image updating are available 

based on standard technology. The SIMATIC IT Client Applica-

tion Builder offers complete support for operator stations which 

require practically no administrative overhead (so-called zero 

administration cost clients).

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