Software Architecture of Manufacturing Execution Systems
Heiko Meyer
The globalization of the economy and the associated factors of
increasing effectiveness in production, shortening innovation
cycles, safeguarding high quality, etc. are continually
augmenting the pressure on the production business. It has been
possible to compensate somewhat for this pressure in recent
years by relocating production to low-cost countries. However,
in the medium term, the demands of workers in countries that
are now still low cost will increase, and production costs will
rise as a result, so the need for action will arise. Tools will be
needed to increase efficiency in existing production processes. It
also must be considered that production in high-cost countries
definitely has its advantages, so these countries are becoming
more and more feasible as production locations and will remain
so in the long term. The degree of automation is already
extremely high in these countries, so modifying production
processes will not increase efficiency significantly. Full Text
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