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4.10.2011

Integration of Automation and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) for Valio

Product quality and traceability requirements are at a very high level at Valio, consequently efficient and reliable data transfer between different systems is crucial. To meet this need Prosys developed integration software between automation and manufacturing execution systems, based on the OPC UA standard.

Solution uses data communication as specified in OPC UA standard, to integrate different automation (DCS, PLC) systems with manufacturing execution system (MES). Transferred data includes for example process orders, process messages, as well as measurement data. Operational platforms are Microsoft Windows operating systems with .NET 3.5 and interface to MES is Oracle database based. Main software development tool is Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. For easy configuration of data transfer a Windows Forms user interface was developed, so that for example new trends can be added to data acquisition.