Design and Implementation of Software Architecture of Manufacturing Execution System Based on Middleware Technology

Abstract

Manufacturing execution system is the software system that is used most widely for manufacturing enterprises to realize informatization. In order to solve the problem of distributed heterogeneous environment, MES introduces the concept of middleware. It is in the middle of the operation system software and MES and above the operation system, network and database and below the MES. It helps the software developers to flexibly and high effectively develop and integrate complicated all modules in MES as well as complicated application and communications in enterprises. This design adopts two kinds of middleware. The first kind is Message Oriented Middleware (MOM). Message Oriented Middleware hides the details of interaction between all kinds of machine equipment and MES data under the unified data specifications. It makes in-time, high-efficient and stable data transmission as well as easily copes with the complicated production environment. The second kind is common transaction processing middleware. It enclosures the details of transaction processing and offers a stable transaction platform, enabling the developers to pay attention to the development of business logic. It ensures the development qualities and the development costs.