brendan.buchan
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From the sounds of things you really need to be looking at an MES package or module on-top of the SCADA system. It is possible to do it just with SCADA although you will be rolling your own code and reports a lot of the way. Might be OK at the start, but once things start growing and expanding can easily get out of hand.
I've recently just deployed a mid-size MES system (4 sites, 50 entities, 40+ PLC's) using Wonderware Line Performance Suite and the end result is great. LPS is basically a wrapper on-top of the MES Performance module suited for production/packaging lines.
There was some hiccups along the way, and still some minor niggling issues (LPS is still only early days at V1.1, with 2.0 being released early next year) although the built-in web interface and reporting is fantastic.
There is subscription based licensing available as well, which makes entry cost for a pilot system easier to get over the line.
A caveat is that typically the architecture is a multi-server design. We are utilising 3 cloud based servers for the IDE, MES database and Historian with an Application Server at each site.
PM me if you want some more info or real-world screenshots of the system.
http://software.schneider-electric....ns-management-and-mes/line-performance-suite/
I've recently just deployed a mid-size MES system (4 sites, 50 entities, 40+ PLC's) using Wonderware Line Performance Suite and the end result is great. LPS is basically a wrapper on-top of the MES Performance module suited for production/packaging lines.
There was some hiccups along the way, and still some minor niggling issues (LPS is still only early days at V1.1, with 2.0 being released early next year) although the built-in web interface and reporting is fantastic.
There is subscription based licensing available as well, which makes entry cost for a pilot system easier to get over the line.
A caveat is that typically the architecture is a multi-server design. We are utilising 3 cloud based servers for the IDE, MES database and Historian with an Application Server at each site.
PM me if you want some more info or real-world screenshots of the system.
http://software.schneider-electric....ns-management-and-mes/line-performance-suite/
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