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Operators can quickly and accurately set up machines, assign materials and track progress through barcodes and virtual warehousing. Barcode tracking of stock movement and availability provides greater visibility to the factory manager, not only to accurately manage stock by location or item but also for full traceability of raw materials to the shipped product. CableMES’ integration with the world’s leading finite capacity planning tools including Ortems and Preactor ensure that delivery problems are identified before they occur and expedited to hit target dates. CableMES’s supervisory system provides real- time visibility of the shopfloor, production order sequencing and batching and drum and raw material management which allows work in progress and production capacity to be robustly tracked. Users can create tailored dashboards of their area of responsibility which allows them to manage production issues from a single screen. Automated quality recording and real-time alarms allow immediate response to address any non- conformance issues and analyse quality losses, which in turn supports long-term Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). Improving reporting and data collection CableMES utilises Wonderware’s powerful Historian tool which allows process data to be correlated with process and quality alarms to an exact length of cable produced. This helps to identify trends and provide long-term improvement benchmarks. Bespoke reports allow management to take a strategic view of the business and to drill down to the cause of any event. ERP and CableBuilder integration As well as integrating with any ERP system of choice (including SAP, CableERP and BPCS), CableMES fully integrates with CableBuilder to provide the most robust application of its kind for cable manufacturers across the globe. Learn how your company can improve its bottom line by watching our two-minute video or booking an online demo at: https://cimteq. com/bookdemo/https://cimteq.com/bookdemo/. . WIRE NEWS May 2019 9