Glossary · MES and ISA-95
Production operations management
German: Produktionsbetriebsmanagement
In ISA-95 / IEC 62264, production operations management is one of the four main categories of manufacturing operations management at Level 3. It covers the activities that coordinate, direct, manage and track the functions that use raw materials, energy, equipment, personnel and information to produce products with the required cost, quality, quantity, safety and timeliness.
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In one sentence
In ISA-95, production operations management covers the Level 3 activities that dispatch, run and track production to meet cost, quality and time.
Example
Production operations management dispatches today's orders to the lines, tracks their progress and reports produced quantities to the ERP.
How it applies
- Engineering: IEC 62264-3 describes this category with the generic activity model: resource management, definition management, detailed scheduling, dispatching, execution management, data collection, tracking and performance analysis.
- Execution: Dispatching, execution management, data collection, tracking and performance analysis are the core activities; many MES functions belong here.
- Project management: Assigning the activities of this category to specific systems, such as an MES or a specialized application, clarifies responsibilities and interfaces.
- Documentation: System documentation should state which activities of this category a system performs and which data it exchanges with other Level 3 systems and the ERP. Using the standard's activity names helps readers compare systems and specifications.
Production operations management vs. process control
Process control at Level 2 runs the equipment in seconds and below. Production operations management at Level 3 decides which orders run where and tracks results over shifts and days.