TL;DR — MES vs ERP vs Historian in 60 words ERP (L4, days-months): business planning, finance, orders, customers — SAP, Oracle. MES (L3, minutes-hours): operations execution, recipes, traceability, OEE — Siemens Opcenter, Aveva, Werum. Historian (L2,...
TL;DR — MES architecture ISA-95 in 60 words ISA-95 (IEC 62264) is the international standard for MES architecture. Five levels: L0 physical process, L1 sensors/actuators, L2 SCADA/PLC, L3 MES (operations), L4 ERP (business). Four operations: production, maintenance,...
TL;DR — Predictive maintenance ML in 60 words Predictive maintenance combines condition monitoring (vibration ISO 10816/20816, acoustic, thermal, oil ISO 4406) with machine learning models trained on time-series sensor data. Standards ISO 17359 (CBM principles), ISO...
TL;DR — IEC 62443-3-3 in 60 words IEC 62443-3-3:2013 specifies System Security Requirements (SR) for IACS, organized by 7 Foundational Requirements (FR1-7). Each FR contains 1-4 SR per Security Level (SL1-4), totaling 100+ technical controls. Most-referenced document...
TL;DR — IEC 62443 in 60 words IEC 62443 is the international standard for industrial cybersecurity, structured in 4 parts (general, policies, system, component). Defines Security Levels SL1 (casual) to SL4 (state-sponsored). Mandatory for NIS2 EU 2022/2555 compliance...
7 Best Lean Manufacturing OEE Software Tools for Maximum Efficiency Lean manufacturing OEE software represents the perfect marriage between operational excellence and digital transformation. Manufacturing leaders face mounting pressure to eliminate waste, reduce...
TL;DR — OEE formula in 60 words The OEE formula per ISO 22400-2:2014 has 5 steps: (1) measure Planned Production Time, (2) compute Availability = Run Time / PPT, (3) compute Performance = (Theoretical cycle × Total count) / Run Time, (4) compute Quality = Good count /...
