MES Selection:

Best Practices
SESAM Seminar
Copenhagen, March 31, 2011

Jan Snoeij
MESA International – Chair EMEA Board
Logica – Principal Consultant
MESA Global Education Program

• Next week Thursday and Friday, April 7-8, 2011

• Copenhagen
• Two-days training: Certificate of Awareness
• Still a few seats available!

Feedback from particpants

• "I really enjoyed the course, the
chance to network and to be
challenged on my thinking. I look
forward to your feedback and
hopefully, to have the chance to
make a contribution to MESA
somehow in the future.“
• “Thank you for an illuminating
educational programme”

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Business Drivers for Success

© 2010 Gartner, Inc. and/or its Affiliates.

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What are the best in class doing?

Best-in-Class Average Laggards

Standardize processes across the enterprise for
optimizing manufacturing operations
64% 37% 30%
Standardize measurements of KPIs across
Process enterprise
68% 58% 51%
Standardize processes for response to adverse
events
64% 51% 19%

Copyright © 2008 Aberdeen Group

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Trends and observations

• Lowering consumer brand loyalty

• Increased price pressure
• Regulatory requirements
• General Food Law
• Sarbanes-Oxley
• Sustainability
• Shorter product life cycles
• Product innovation required
• Globalization
• Branding
• Make or buy?
• Where to produce?

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Improve

• Synchronize demand, production

and supply

• Need of transparency and visibility

• Streamline production and
Business workflows
processes • Consistent strategy and policy is
required with clear objectives
• Alignment of
• Business processes
• Organization & people
Tools Organization • Tools, including IT

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Agenda

1. Introduction
2. Overview Selection Process
3. Prerequisites for Selection
4. Create Shortlist
5. Requirements Document
6. Evaluation and Ranking
7. Closing Remarks

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Objectives

• Objectives: acceptance and

active participation of all
involved
• Convinced of:
• Selection of "sufficiently good"
MES product
• Transparency and validity of the
selection process itself
Long List

Phase 1

Short List • Phases

Phase 2 1. Determine shortlist
Final Selection 2. Find the champion!

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Overview

Focus Knock Out Get Info

Organization & & & Short
Scoping Other Criteria Evaluate List

Phase 1 - Determine shortlist

Prepare Final MES

Requirements Vendor Evaluation: Product
Document Meetings Selection

Phase 2 – Find the Champion!

White Paper 11 (2004)

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Agenda

1. Introduction
2. Overview Selection Process
3. Prerequisites for Selection
4. Create Shortlist
5. Requirements Document
6. Evaluation and Ranking
7. Closing Remarks

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Prerequisites for Selection

What needs to be done before

you start selecting any
software?

Or can you start right away?

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Control the Change Process
Vision Shape
• Build a shared vision to mobilize your • Align your manufacturing and supply
organization chain process, work and information
• Identify the major opportunities flows and KPI's
• Develop a sound financial and • Specify your information landscape
operational benefits case and applications
• Evaluate what is the best software
to use
• Develop your project portfolio, plan
the program execution

Deliver Change
• Motivate, measure and manage • Execute and manage software
your improvement to drive development
manufacturing excellence • Efficiently test for performance
• Satisfy your people’s needs in application • Make users familiar and ready to
utilization adopt
• Safeguard regulatory compliance • Roll-out software across your plants
and supply chains

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You want to improve?

What are the most important aspects you

want to improve?

Improvement categories
• Efficiency
• Effectiveness
• Compliance
• Agility

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 Value Adding Roadmap

Processes SCOR model

Applications
Business Manufacturing Manufacturing
requirements requirements IT requirements ISA 95 model
Technology

Organization

TOGAF ADM

Manufacturing
IT principles

Requirements,
issues, priorities
To-Be
Architecture

As-Is
situation
As-Is Benefits
Architecture Roadmap

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Business Function Model

Strategic Planning
Others
purchase plan Specifications & Losses

Raw material
requirements
To be sold
Product
Year contract
Specs & Issues Development
Contracts Product
Requirements
Call of Purchase Materials Planning Contracts Specifications

Capacity feedback
Sales

Customer
Call of & rephasing
Supplier

Invoice Sales orders

Order progress
Customer Services
info Info/status/
Daily invoice
Purchase order info WIP & production
Stock Order Docs Status Weight
Stock orders + info
levels scheduling
levels

Tender

Produce
Material
Management Delivery
Incidents Planning

Maintenance &
Call of
"others"
Engineering
Samples Analyses Samples Analyses Certificate

Quality Control

legend (ISA-95) Level 3 Level 4

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Prerequisites for Selection

• Vision and strategy

• Benefits/business case
• SMART objectives
• Architecture blueprint
• To-be business processes
• Application landscape
• Technology preferences
• Road map (generic)
• Clear scope and focus
• Known risks

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Agenda

1. Introduction
2. Overview Selection Process
3. Prerequisites for Selection
4. Create Shortlist
5. Requirements Document
6. Evaluation and Ranking
7. Closing Remarks

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Set-up organization

Focus Knock Out Get Info

Organization & & & Short
Scoping Other Criteria Evaluate List

• Involvement • Organization
– Management – Small steering
– "Process owners", key users committee
– IT department – (Bigger) selection
group
– Technical department,
engineering

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Kick-off

Focus Knock Out Get Info

Organization & & & Short
Scoping Other Criteria Evaluate List

• Focus and scope

– Company operating policy
– Stay consistent and keep focus at the
requirements defined at the beginning

• Prepare kick-off

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Kick-off

Invite (representatives of) all involved or affected!

Typical agenda
• Introduction
• Preferably by (higher) management
• Objectives and key success factors
• Organization
• Way of working
• What is expected from the attendees?
• Q&A

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Requirements and Specifications

Focus Knock Out Get Info

Organization & & & Short
Scoping Other Criteria Evaluate List

• Knock-out criteria
– Specific
• process, way of working, …
– Unique
– Important/decisive for being successful
– Pure black/white
• whitout this, no acceptance of the product

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Requirements and Specifications

• Examples of knock-out criteria (according to

end users)
– Proven focus and experience of the vendor
• production typology
• industrial sector
• deployment / roll out
– Availability of support
– Support of
• relevant main functions
• specific processes/activities
– Preconfigured solutions
– Regulatory compliance
– Quality assurance system vendor

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Requirements and Specifications

• Knock-out criteria
• Generic/specific processes
• User Requirement Specification (URS)

• Implementation preferences
• Big bang or
» Step by step (functionally/by area)
• Single plant implementation or Multi Site roll-out

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Initial List

Production Operations (MES)

• Use Logica’s report

“MES” products may cover the following areas as well,

but you may need a best-of-breed solution

• Quality Operations (LIMS)

– Sapphire (LabVantage), Simatic IT Unilab (Siemens), Labware
LIMS (Labware, Inc.), Sample Manager (Thermo LabSystems),
QSYS (IBS AG), …
• Maintenance Operations
– Maximo (IBM), SAP PM (SAP), …
• Inventory Operations (WMS)
– Manhattan Associates Pkms, RedPraire, DLx Warehouse, HighJump
Warehouse Advantage, …

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Intermezzo: MES Products 2010

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Questionnaire

• Vendor Information
• General Product Information
• Preconfigured Industry Sector Solutions
• Interfaces and Communication
• Implementation and deployment, including
multi site roll-outs
• Improvements in current version and in next
version
• Support of Manufacturing Operations and
MESA's Strategic Initiatives
• ISA-95 Compliance.
• Technical Aspects
• Configurability
• Mobile Solutions

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 0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Food & Bev.

Automotive

Pharm aceutical

Electronics

Plastics & Rubber

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Cons.Packed Goods

Machinery and
Tooling

Fine Chem icals

Semiconductors

Medical Devices
most “popular” industry sectors.

Heavy Metals
Products per Industry Sector

Paper and Pulp

Aerospace &
Defense

Life Sciences (other)

Bulk Chem icals

MES Selection: Best Practices Home & Pers.Care

Utilities & Public

Sector

Petrochemical

Oil and Gas

Press & Printing

Mining
• Food & Beverage, Automotive, Pharma and Electronics are the

Building & Infra

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 10
15
20

0
5
SAP ERP
SAP MII
ATS Inspect
Wonderware …
aspenONE
Proficy MES
IBS:MES
MESplus
Shopfloor-Online
SIMATIC IT
Quartis Optima
Syncade Suite
Business FLEX
PI System
Easy95
Hydra MES
Qubes

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TrakSYS™
Yokogawa MIPP
Dabom
DIAMES
FactoryTalk
iTAC.MES.Suite
COOX / MESbox
FlexNet®
Little Focus

PILOT Suite
PRODAC
Mestec MES
Objective
Performix xMES
InQu.MES
Evolutio
Marco Trac-It
NovaLIMS
# Focused Sectors per Vendor

Camstar Manufacturing
edinn M2
MWare
nanoTrack
NeryAmitec
Operator
Producim/Pharmacim
SAP ME
Solumina
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Aegis Fusion
High Focus

Ampla
D2000 Entis
EZ-MES
PAS-X
Plant iT
Eyelit MES/QMS
HAI*QPM
MEScontrol.net
nMetric Suite
Integra
intraFACTORY
LineWorks
PlantMaster
XFP Suite
Broner MES
Clinicopia
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Production & Logistical Typologies

100%
93% 93% 2002
90%
2005
73% 73%
80% 2008

70%
67% 2009
2010
60%
53%

50%
43%
40%

30%

20%

10%

0%
Continuous Batch / Semi Discrete Make to Stock Make to Order Engineer Assemble
rocess Process to Order to Order

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MES Products and ISA-95

• Next to supporting production operations

management (80%), MES vendors are
increasingly focusing at maintenance, quality
and inventory operations
• Consider best-of-breed solutions if extensive
support for the maintenance, quality or
inventory activities is required.
For MES software vendors this provides an opportunity
to improve solutions by specific developments or via
dedicated partnerships.
Level 4
Business Planning & Logistics
Plant Production Scheduling,

Level 3
Operational Management, etc

• Looking at the support for the eight sets of

activities (part 3), activities for Data
Manufacturing
Operations & Control
Dispatching Production, Detailed Production
Scheduling, Reliability Assurance, ...

Levels
2, 1, 0 Batch Continuous Discrete
Collection, Execution and Tracking are best
supported.
Control Control Control
(S88) (PDXI, NAMUR) (SME)

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2
3
4
5
6
Product Tracking
and Genealogy

Resource Allocation
and Status
(MESA model)

Perf ormance
Analysis

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Document Control

Process
Management

Data Capturing
and Acquisition

Quality
Management

Labor
Management
Support Manufacturing Operations

Dispatching
Production Units
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Logistics Focused:
TMS, WMS

Controls:
PLC, DCS
0 - 20%
20 - 40%
40 - 60%
60 - 80%
80 - 100%

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Mobile Solutions
100%

80%
2009

2010
• Support Mobile Solutions is best for:
exp.2011

60%

40%
• Data Collection / Acquisition, Product Tracking &
20%
Genealogy and Quality Management
• Expected growth in 2011 of approx. 8%
0%
Allocation and

Performance

Data Collection

Dispatching
Document
Tracking and

Management

Management

Production
Management
Genealogy

/ Ac quisition
Control
Resource

Analysis

Process
Product

Units
Labor
Status

Quality

• Largest growth expected for Labor Management,

Document Management, Product Tracking &
Genealogy and Performance Analysis
• Support for mobile platforms and devices is
expected to increase further.
• Mainly Windows based!
• Fat mobile clients stabilizing at ≈ 45%
• Thin client support based on proprietary links
remains at just under 40%
• Architecture of web based solutions with mobile
browser clients is most supported and expected
to increase significantly.

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Internal Quality Assurance

• Valid certificates are still not always available!

100%
2004
90%
2006
80%
2008
70%
2010
60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0%
ISO or CMM Own Quality System ISO, CMM or Own Certified or Assessed Valid Certif icate

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Regulatory
• Consistent with the number of vendors focusing at regulated
industries!

100%
2002
90%
2004
80%
2006
70%
2008
60%
2010
50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0%
Deployed Developed 21 CFR Part 11 Validation
FDA GAMP Compliant Dossier

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Technology

• Microsoft still is the dominant technology with

almost all products supporting it (XML and
dotNET)

• The increase of the application of J2EE seems to

slow down (≈ 55%).

• SQL Server (95%) and Oracle (83%) are

databases of choice.

• Support for Linux seems to stabilize now

– On server systems: ≈ 52%
– On client systems: ≈ 35%
Option for customers seeking an open solution,
but it will cut out still quite a few products

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Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

• Application of SOA increasing

• 2007: 46%
• 2008: 67%
• 2009: 79%
• 2010: 90%
Many vendors are investing in this new
architecture or technology.
• SOA components increasingly applicable
• Apply from others: 81%
• Applied by others: 78%

• Unambiguous application/interpretation of
standards and definitions is required
• This may take a while!
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Multi Site Roll-Out

Avg. cost last two (%) Avg throuput time last two (%)
50% 55 vendors (92%)
40%
• Product is well-
suited for multi-
30% site roll-out
• Only 31 provided
20%
more information!
10%

0%
<20% 21-40% 41-60% 61-80% >80%

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Create Shortlist

Focus Knock Out Get Info

Organization & & & Short
Scoping Other Criteria Evaluate List

Create an initial list

Gather information
• Conferences, seminars, fairs
• Literature
• MESA, other associations and market organizations
• Colleagues
• Internet, social networks, …
• Report "MES Product Survey"

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Product A 6 5 5 5 Y Y 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 Y Y Y Y 17
Produc B 6 5 6 6 Y Y 6 6 6 6 6 6 Y Y Y Y 16 Main focus at continuous
Product C 5 5 6 6 Y Y 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 Y Y Y 16
Product D 5 6 6 6 Y* Y* 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 Y Y Y 16 No projects in F&B; geography?
Product E 6 6 5 Y Y 6 6 6 5 6 5 6 Y Y Y Y 16 No batch/semi process
Product F 6 6 6 6 Y Y 6 6 6 6 6 6 Y Y Y Y 16 Veel te zwaar en te groot!
Product G 6 6 6 6 Y Y 6 6 6 5 6 6 Y Y Y Y 16
Product H 5 6 6 6 Y Y 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Y Y 15
Product I 5 6 6 6 Y Y 6 6 6 5 6 6 Y Y Y 15
Product J 6 6 6 Y Y 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Y Y Y 15
Product K 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 6 Y Y Y Y 15
Product L 5 6 6 Y Y 5 6 6 6 5 5 6 Y Y Y 15 No Make to Stock?
Product M 6 6 6 6 Y Y 6 6 6 6 6 Y Y Y Y 15 Vooral in complexe omgevingen
Product N 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Y Y Y 14 Focus at other industries
Product O 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 5 Y Y Y 14 Focus at other industries
Product P 6 5 5 Y Y 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 Y Y 14

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Shortlist Created!

OK, first milestone achived!

What next?
• Contact the candidates on the shortlist:
– Tell them that they are shortlisted
– Explain (next steps in) the selection
process
– Ask them if they are willing and able to
comply to the time schedule

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Agenda

1. Introduction
2. Overview Selection Process
3. Prerequisites for Selection
4. Create Shortlist
5. Requirements Document
6. Evaluation and Ranking
7. Closing Remarks

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Requirements Document

Prepare Final MES

Requirements Vendor Evaluation: Product
Document Meetings Selection

• Requirements document (RFP)

– Objectives for MES implementation
– Business processes within scope How does the
– Required functionality vendor commit to
– Interfaces with other systems your success!
– Few relevant (open) questions
– Specific test case (small)

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Required Functionality (ISA-95)
Product Production Production Production
definition capability schedule performance

Detailed
production
scheduling
Production
Production
resource
tracking
management
Production
Production performance
dispatching analysis
Product Production
definition data
management collection
Production
Activity models: execution
• Production management
Equipment and process Equipment and process
Operational Operational
• Maintenance specific production rules
commands responses
specific data
• Quality
• Inventory Production level 1-2 functions
• Other

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ISA-95 Activities as Checklist

Production Execution
REMARKS:
Product
Product Production
Production
definition
definition dispatching
dispatching
management
management

Product production Dispatch Dispatch

Product production
rulesrules
and detailed list list
and detailed
production routingrouting
production
Production Production
ProductionProduction
informationinformation
Production
Production data data
execution
execution Production Productioncollection
events events collection

Operational Operational
Operational Operational
commands responses
commands responses

Level 1-2
Level 1-2
functions
functions

Activity Comments Current system(s)

a Directing the performance of work, including executing the work order and
initiating Level 2 activities.

b Ensuring that the correct resources (equipment, materials, and personnel)

are used in production.

c Confirming that the work is performed according to the accepted quality

standards. This may involve receiving information from quality activities.

d Ensuring that resources are valid for the assigned tasks.

Example: This may be ensuring that equipment sterilization status is correct for the
assigned operation (e.g. a vessel is “Clean” before use in production);
Example 2: Equipment certifications are current, personnel qualifications are up to date,
and materials are released for use.

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"Open" Questions

• How does the vendor propose to support your business

processes with his product in order to achieve the objectives?
• What methodology does the vendor use for executing the
project successfully?
• What software modules does the vendor propose to use?
What infrastructure and hardware will be needed? How will
the interfaces with other systems be realized?
• What is a realistic plan and are there specific issues to take
into account, e.g. availability of manufacturer’s employees?
• What are the cost estimates for the implementation with (at
least) a breakdown of hardware, software licenses and
services?
• What is the vendor’s vision and policy towards future
developments, both functionally and technically?

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Document Content (example)

1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Objectives
1.2 Background and scope
1.3 Selection procedure
1.4 Current status
1.5 Request to the vendor
2 REQUIREMENTS
2.1 Production process
2.2 Overview Processes
2.3 Functional requirements
2.4 Technical requirements
2.5 List of aspects to be demonstrated
2.6 Test case / small proof of concept
3 QUESTIONS

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Test case / Proof of concept

• To check the capability of supporting specific processes or

very specific and important issues
• Limit the case to the essentials for which it is expected that
the product might not be able to support them properly.
• Check:
• How has the case been realized? Take a look under the hood!
• What part was standard functionality, what part could be configured,
• What part was customized?
• If some programming has been done: what is its technical quality?
• How much time was needed?
• Next to the proof of the capability to support the defined
functionality, information can be obtained about the amount
of customization and the time needed for it.

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Analysis and Evaluation

At this point in time, this is limited to:

• Written response to the Requirements Document (RFP)
– Quality and fit of the content (answers)
• All other contacts with the solution provider:
– Any questions asked?
• Quality and quantity!
• Well prepared and well thought through?
• Do the questions reflect the solution providers experience in your sector /
operations?

• Are they taking the selection process seriously enough?

– Timely, adequate response?
• Any open issues, questions, … have to be discussed during
the meeting with the solution provider
• Send them specific instructions what and how you want to
hear/see!

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Solution Provider Meetings

Prepare Final MES

Requirements Vendor Evaluation: Product
Document Meetings Selection

• Meeting with Solution Provider

– Does the solution provider understand your needs?
– Do you understand what he is exactly offering?
– Is the solution provider capable to implement succesfully?
– Viability of the partnership
• vision, cooperation, financial
– Roles and responsibilities
– Who is involved directly - organizations and individuals
– Reference visits

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Agenda of the Meetings*

• Welcome by host
• Introduction of the solution provider
• Max 5 minutes! You know them already quite well!
• Presentation about the MES product
• Demonstration of the MES product
• Real software (no slideware)
• Demonstration of the test case (if applicable)
• Questions & Answers
• From both parties
• Close
* Meetings are typically between 4 and 8 hours

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Reference Visits

• References in the same or comparable types of

industry may deliver very valuable information.

• A reference visit provides the opportunity to:

• Verify the estimated time and cost of the implementation
• Assess the reliability and the co-operation of the solution
provider (vendor and/or the system integrator)
• See the MES software in real life and the performance of it
• Assess the after sales support by the vendor

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Agenda

1. Introduction
2. Overview Selection Process
3. Prerequisites for Selection
4. Create Shortlist
5. Requirements Document
6. Evaluation and Ranking
7. Closing Remarks

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Find the Champion!

Prepare Final MES

Requirements Vendor Evaluation: Product
Document Meetings Selection

• Final choice (ranking)

– Functional:
• Does the MES product fit to demands?
– Technical:
• Sufficiently reliable
• Fit to your company's strategy and policies
– Financial
– Cultural
– Are you convinced you will be successful together?

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Find the Champion!

• Working Group proposal:

– One or more candidates in specific sequence
– Specify and quantify the differences between the accepted
candidates
• Steering Group approves proposal

Are we ready now?

Can purchasing buy the software
and can we start implementing?

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Handover to Purchasing

• Maybe, you can buy the software

licenses (only).

• Before starting the implementation,

Functional and Design Specifications
are needed

• For a contract with an (external)

party to execute the implementation
or roll-out project, these
specifications are required as well.

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Agenda

1. Introduction
2. Overview Selection Process
3. Prerequisites for Selection
4. Create Shortlist
5. Requirements Document
6. Evaluation and Ranking
7. Closing Remarks

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Closing Remarks

• Before starting a MES Product selection:

• Build a shared vision to mobilize your
organization
• Identify the improvement potential
• Define SMART objectives

• Align
• Business and manufacturing processes
• Organization and people
• Applications, data and technical
infrastructure

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Closing Remarks (2)

• MES buyers now have more choice

and can be more selective

• Next to production operations, MES

vendors are increasingly focusing at
maintenance, quality and inventory
operations
• Best-of-breed solutions may be needed

• Technology is not a restricting factor

anymore (in nearly all cases)

• People are making the difference!

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Want to know more …

Ask now or later:

jan.snoeij@logica.com
www.mesa.org

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