Manufacturing execution MES/MOM system COMES

COMES ® provides comprehensive digitalisation of production

Compas > Manufacturing execution MES/MOM system COMES
Systém COMES

System COMES® is a MES/MOM level manufacturing information system for all industries. COMES is used for the operational management of production and its further in cooperation with the enterprise-wide IT system (ERP) and control systems technology management systems.

COMES helps optimise production and maintenance management and supports improvement programmes. It offers the creation of a timeless concept Digital factory Compas digitally controlled production. Thanks to its web-based architecture, it makes it easy to access information anywhere, anytime and via a web browser. on mobile devices.

ARCHITECTURE Manufacturing execution system COMES

Concepts COMES (configurable applications)

APS HRM MOM OEE QMS LAB WMS CMMS

COMES concepts are configurable applications that solve standard tasks for planning and production control, quality, logistics and maintenance. The concepts can be installed sequentially according to company needs. Concepts are automatically linked in a puzzle-like way, offering the user cooperation extra functionality.

In a complex installation, they enable comprehensive digital factory production control in the solution:

Digital Factory for serial production manufacturing Digital factory for batch production

Modules COMES

Logon Historian Modeller Batch CCI

The COMES MES/MOM system is based on modules that can also be applied separately (always with the Logon module). Control is available to the operator in one window without the need to switch modules. The standard part of all modules is the configuration section and the audit trail, an important function of fully digital production control and documentation.

MS IT base

Microsoft Windows (server) SQL, web services

Comes uses the latest Microsoft IT technology with this architecture.

Example of a digital factory solution for batch production.

Installed manufacturing execution system COMES ® Contains creation of a production plan, management of the preparation of raw materials from stock, material management using bar coding of materials, management of the weighing room with optimization of weighing according to individual materials, recipe management of COMES Batch brewhouse production with flexible definition of production regulations and production logging. The second part of production, the adjustment lines, is controlled by COMES OEE application supporting production efficiency and diverting the produced products by direct communication to the ERP.

An important part of the solution is COMES for quality management, sampling plans materials, recording and evaluation of samples including monitoring of calibration of measuring instruments. An integral part of the solution is an electronic production record with relevant reports on and support for batch release.

COMES applications and libraries

COMES APS – detailed production scheduling
COMES OEE – production monitoring and KPI evaluation
COMES MOM – Manufacturing Operations Management in Industry 4.0 vision
COMES Discrete manufacturing
COMES Batch production
COMES Quality control
COMES Molding injection plant
COMES Test room control (i.e. hydraulics, or testing of final products)
COMES Maintenance – CMMS system for the plant maintenance management
COMES WMS – warehouse management
COMES CCI communication with IT systems (ERP, MIS) and technology (Control systems, Marking systems and others)

COMES Functions ®

Manufacturing Execution System COMES contains the following functions:

  • Production detailed scheduling (weekly, daily)
  • Production data monitoring (pieces, downtime, defects, status of production orders, …), production real-time visualization and management
  • Production workforce/Human resources management
  • Recipes, programs and its administration
  • Materials labelling (Barcode, 2S, RFID)
  • Material management and logistics (specifications, BOM, operative inventory)
  • Process data acquisition, analysis and archiving, support for technological process optimization
  • Support for quality optimization
  • Production logging and balancing (shift protocols, consumption), statistics, KPI (OEE)
  • Production documentation, production reports, traceability
  • Communication to the corporate network and IT systems (ERP, MIS) and technology (control systems, labelling systems)
  • Maintenance management CMMS, EAM

Digitally Controlled Production

The solution is based on the COMES – automation system integration of the plant-wide ERP systems as well as data collection from intelligent devices in accordance with the new standards Industry 4.0. It supports teamwork while providing the team with all the information in electronic form on-line when the user needs it. The solution saves administrative activities of both the production operators and managers who can use the information about the production such as: plan of orders vs. real production status, technology status, production quality and failures, production KPI indicators and effectiveness (e.g. OEE) as well as a necessity for maintenance.

Among the benefits are production flexibility, productivity and effectiveness including waste minimization, support for production optimization and its regular quality. Last but not least, the electronic production documentation and expert features such as creation of the product development process traceability.

Thanks to its web-based architecture the COMES is easy to run within the enterprise server only, which cuts down on IT administration costs.

Digital production control allows for the information to be distributed throughout the production team and technological equipment such that the production is optimally controlled and the flexibility maintained with respect to changes in production or a production plan. At the same time the team’s management receives all the information during the production, so instead of collecting data, for example, in the form of paper statements and addressing the situation “ex post”, the managers are kept informed in the form of data sets processed from electronic data.

ERP integration

COMPAS often communicates with various ERP systems, e.g. SAP, Helios, Karat, DC Concept QI, Dimenze, OR and others. COMES system can communicate with any ERP system installed at the customer’s on the basis of required communication method.

Standards and Norms

COMES is based on international standards  ANSI/ISA-95, ANSI/ISA-88 and meets requirements of regulatory bodies for the pharmacy and food production FDA, GMP, GAMP a 21CFR part11. COMES as well support the new standard Industry 4.0.

COMES Openness

COMES is an open system which the users can configure themselves thanks to its built-in developer tools (delivered free of charge under COMES module licenses) or by using the services of cooperating IT companies. The system manufacturer, the COMPAS Automatizace Ltd., have been looking for new system integrators whom we offer cooperation to.