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News Release from: BarcoVision | Subject: Barco MES
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 20 September 2006
Dairymaster choose Barco
Dairymaster have choosen Barco to supply a wireless Manufacturing Execution System Operating from its head office in Causeway.
For dairy farm equipment manufacturing, Dairymaster undertook a detailed analysis of potential Manufacturing Execution System (MES) suppliers before selecting Barco as its partner Barco's Plantmaster system will provide Dairymaster with real-time visibility of machine performance and quality reporting
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 27 Nov 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Dairymaster said that over 95 per cent of the components for its range of milking, feeding and scraping systems are manufactured in-house to ensure quality standards for its customers.
Injection moulding machines and manual assembly stations will be connected to the Barco Plantmaster MES using Barco's wireless data units, providing a system architecture that offers savings on cable installation costs to the customer.
To provide real-time visibility of machine performance, quality information and also energy consumption data, the latest Plantmaster system will prove an invaluable tool, believes Barcovision.
Furthermore, operatives will be able to configure ad-hoc reports with the design tools provided by Plantmaster.
The need for manual data entry of production schedules, for instance, will be removed through integration of an automatic link between Plantmaster and Dairymaster's existing scheduling system.
This will empower users with real-time information on order progress on the shop floor, added Barcovision.
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