ArMES Production Management System

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Product Description		ArMES is a comprehensive production management system / manufacturing execution system that automates your workflow and business practices. ArMES can monitor your operations and even run them for you. ArMES strongest capability is that it can assist your operating personnel in executing production plans manually, in the proper sequence and at the exact moment, especially when automation is not a practical solution.
		ArMES is a modern system, built new from the ground up using the latest Internet-based technologies and open source architectures. ArMES was designed with system integration in mind, allowing for ready retrofitting and ramping up of functionality over time. All of this functionality is provided in a single, configurable package, so that you can operate your facility as you command, with full knowledge of what is taking place, in order to maximize your profit.

Benefits		-	Track workflows to customer orders
		-	Identify equipment, materials, or personnel that require attention
		-	Increase throughput
		-	Optimize maintenance schedules for minimal disruption to production
		-	Improved deadline management
Advantages		-	Control jobs in their entirety instead of separate tasks
		-	Real time SPC allows for defects to be recognized immediately
		-	Operations Research (OR) algorithms assist in minimizing bottlenecks
		-	Historical data collection assists in predictive maintenance
		-	Instantaneous tracking of work in progress
Features		-	TQM philosophy is built into all aspects of ArMES
		-	Group tasks together into a workflow across discrete workspaces
		-	Tracking of resources, equipment, repairs and staff
		-	Workflow scheduling assistance
		-	Manage maintenance of capital equipment
		-	Real time shop floor controls
		-	Recipe management
		-	Time management
		-	Inter-process switchboard to facilitate integration
			^ includes web services through XML-RPC
		-	Business rules engine
		-	Real-time messaging system can alert users to error conditions
		-	Import and export engines

		Typical Locations Where ArMES Can Be Deployed

Typical Users		-	Shop floor workers
		-	Shipping and receiving clerks
		-	Plant maintenance
		-	Lab technicians
		-	Order processing / customer service
		-	Engineers
		-	Production control staff
		-	Quality Assurance department
		-	Accounting department
		-	Managers

Details		ArMES was built based upon Operations Research (OR) principles and includes statistical processing capabilities. This provides you with a shop floor control system that has a TQM focus right out of the box. Real time monitoring alerts users to production problems, even without process control equipment. What-if scenario tools allows for queue dissipation and resource allocation disentanglements. ArMES contains a workflow manager, which provides for optional kanban and takt time functionality. There is also a switchboard to route messages and work packets throughout the system and with external vendors, customers and partners. There is a recipe manager to manage activity at individual workstations. A data historian stores process data that was collected from your own production facilities, internal lab results, and vendor SOAs.
		ArMES was built with a focus on change - your business is not static and has to be flexible to compete in today's marketplace. ArMES is just as flexible, and will not hold you up when you change your operations. ArMES is designed to be extensible, and all of its components can be optionally deployed, as need them. A system can be deployed in stages as small as a single production line, one work area, or a single business process.
		Having these components at our fingertips allows us to construct a system that meets the needs of many businesses operating in a variety of manufacturing and service industries. The majority of time involved in deploying an ArMES system is in requirements collection and business process development. The results of the business processes are then used to construct the ArMES system, in a manner that it will meet your exact needs. We do recommend starting with a single area or process to automate, so that you can familiarize yourself with the system and see what benefits ArMES can bring to your firm. Through the extensible nature of ArMES, we can readily add additional business processes to your existing framework. ArMES is also an excellent vehicle for us to retrofit and integrate with existing systems.
Technical Details		As we mentioned above, ArMES was designed from scratch using the latest Internet based technologies. More information on the technical side of ArMES can be viewed by clicking here.
		Please call us at +1-717-354-5541 if you are interested in discuss methods of business process design and improvements, as well as automating your business processes using ArMES. You can also send an inquiry to us at sales@artige.com with questions concerning ArMES. We will be more than happy to confer with you about your process improvement needs.

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