Abstract

Global manufacturing companies meet a lot of challenges on enterprise level, plant level and shop floor level. To solve these challenges, a kind of real-time Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (xMII) Solution is introduced to realize Adaptive Manufacturing (AM), where MII's key technologies, such as its connection with ERP modules, integration functionality with shop floor information technology (IT) systems, and xMII server, are generally described. By using the practical project executed in one global chemical company as background, the paper firstly introduces the project's “AS IS” situations, its “TO BE” targets, and its ERP solution. Then, MII solution of the project is discussed in more details, which include its business scopes, requirements, server selection, high availability solution, its technologies, and its main functions like Unloads, Customer Response Time. Finally, tactical benefits of this MII solution are listed, and some conclusions are drawn out.

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