Aerospace & DefenseManufacturing Execution System (MES)
A leading global manufacturer of ground to ground, ground to air, and air to air missiles had won a new contract. Two immediate problems arose after the contract was signed.
- First, the tender for the contract had been highly competitive, and margins were slim. Cost control, in short, would be critical.
- Second, the contract came with a traceability requirement in the shape of what were called ‘ammunition data cards’— effectively a full ‘as built’ record of the individual components going into every single missile produced.
An early ‘win’ was a visit to another plant running the Eyelit MES, where the team saw the potential for barcoding work in progress and getting suppliers to barcode components.
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