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Manufacturing Execution Systems

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Manufacturing Execution Systems game quiz
"MES software links the administration software to the production area, translating customer orders into production instructions. Most automation software companies, like Rockwell, Siemens, GE and Wonderware, have a MES (one s!). This is an introduction."

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1. Which is not a function of a Manufacturing Execution System?
    Know how to make a product.
    Register how and when the product was made.
    Plan when to make the product
    Send an invoice for the product.


2. MES translates an order (eg 1000 kgs of chocolate) into instructions for production machines. Which is not part of these instructions?
    Personnel Specifications
    Bill Of Material
    Programming Language
    Equipment Specifications


3. What is the set of production instructions called?
    Recipe
    Guideline
    Instruction List
    Production Manual


4. One of the functions of a MES system is keeping inventory. Which job is done by the MES system?
    Purchasing extra stock.
    Track the exact location of the goods in the plant.
    Calculate the value of the inventory.
    Know in which shop the product is sold.


5. Some MES applications also perform planning. Which time range is typically covered by MES?
    Hour / Day / Week
    Month
    Year
    Second / Minute


6. In order to produce something, the required resources need to be available and need to be planned. Which is not a type of resource?
    Personnel
    Equipment
    Material
    Time


7. Manufacturing Execution Systems are an emerging business in the food industry because American and European governments require their use.
    True
    False


8. A Manufacturing Execution System interfaces with many other software products. Which software has nothing to with MES?
    ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning
    WMS - Warehouse Management Software
    SCADA - Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition
    CRM - Customer Relationship Management


9. Software systems have users. Who is a typical user for a Manufacturing Execution System?
    Machine Operator
    Production Supervisor
    Electrician
    Accountant


10. A difficult one! Of course some organisation is creating standards for Manufacturing Execution Systems. Which standard is related to MES?
    ISO 9000
    ANSI ASCII
    ISA S95
    IEEE 802.3


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Compiled May 22 13