MANUFACTURING INTELLIGENCE/MES 
Matrix Technologies, Inc. is a premier "Enterprise Integrator". We understand how to manage your production data through its entire lifecycle. From the plant floor equipment measuring and collecting the data to the transfer of this information to your ERP systems, we offer the total solution.
We work with our customers to determine their business needs. It is important to also understand what is contextual data and what is simply "data". We help our customers identify actionable data and provide solutions to promote efficiency, effectiveness and continuous improvement.
Consulting Services
MOrE - Matrix Operational Excellence Evaluation
New Capital investment is not always immediately possible. At Matrix Technologies, Inc., we help our clients realize optimum performance of their existing manufacturing processes. We work with you to identify key areas for improvement and help you make the business and technology changes required to meet the challenge.
Our consultants work with clients to document the current state of the manufacturing operations/systems, its features/shortcomings and the desired future state that will meet the client's business needs. Using industry standards and best practices our consultants then develop a strategic vision document for the client that is divided into three sections and is implemented in phased manner:
Section 1: Developing attainable business value by interviewing client's personnel and performing a site walk through:
- Business drivers – Identify what factors drive improvement
- Estimated value – Identify value of each improvement
- Operational vision – Identify long and short term goals.
- New capabilities – Identify new capabilties
Section 2: Detailing the system and operational changes and budgetary costs to deliver new capabilities:
- Operational/User Requirements Definition
- Solution components (hardware, software and/or operational)
- Schedule & Resources needed
- Acceptance criteria for success
Section 3: Implementing the identified projects to gain immediate operational improvements:
- Develop & deliver proposal
- Functional Specification & Detailed Design documentation
- Development & Testing documentation
- Training & Transition plans
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Manufacturing Intelligence Implementation Services
Most manufacturers are constantly under pressure to:
- Increase their Production Rate
- Decrease Unplanned Downtime
- Reduce Idle time, Changeover, and Cleaning Time
- Better Labor Utilization
- Reduce Scrap, Waste, and Rework
- Reduce Maintenance Costs
- Meet requirements of regulatory agencies
It is possible to achieve these objectives with a better understanding of what is happening on the production floor. Improvement begins with accurate data. Most manufacturers have some way of gathering production data, and some way of accounting for lost production time. For many, the methods used (paper and/or spreadsheet) may be inaccurate and cannot be used effectively. But data by itself doesn't help - you also need a way to analyze the data to identify the real problems that are costing money and productivity. You also need a way to determine what data is not being collected that will highlight the constraints/issues.
Matrix Technologies, Inc. consultants work closely with our customers to identify efficiency improvements. We implement tools to collect and analyze production data that help our customers make their production equipment, and therefore their whole plant, run more efficiently.
Implementation of dashboards for production team to monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPI) on a real-time basis ensures the problems are immediately identified and corrective action applied before it impacts production.
MES Implementation and ERP Integration Services
Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) provide insight to operations personnel so that they can manage the manufacturing systems from raw materials to finished product. MES systems monitor production orders, capture actual usage of material, and provide connectivity to business systems. They also monitor and analyze operations to identify opportunities to improve operations and reduce manufacturing costs.
They help improve the capability to track raw material, work in progress, and final product in the manufacturing facility to reduce costs and improve product genealogy documentation
- Track actual usage of raw materials
- Quantify amount of Work in Progress materials
- Monitor inventory levels
- Record Actual Production quantities
- Provide Product Tracking and Tracing
MES provides visibility into the status of production orders that have been released to the production floor to improve on-time delivery, order expediting, and ability to determine available to promise.
- Communicate orders from Business Systems (ERP) to production floor
- Track all production orders through the facility
- Record completion of production order and actual quantity produced/consumed
- Provide In-process quality management
MES improves operational efficiency by monitoring key performance indicators to identify opportunities for improvement (i.e. actual production versus planned, actual material usage versus planned, actual waste/scrap)
MES is often linked to the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. A lot of information is exchanged between the two systems for them to work effectively. The master data has to reside in any one system. Duplication of data results in confusion during reconciliation since there can be just one version of truth.
Most of the major ERP and MES providers support the interface defined in ISA-95 standards and have incorporated the Business to Manufacturing Markup Language (B2MML) schemas published by WBF as de facto interface standard. Matrix Technologies, Inc. consultants help in the documenting the business/ data needs. After a clear definition, the appropriate interface is defined and implemented to meet the customers needs.