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Another MES Product Entry

March 3, 2009

There is yet another manufacturing execution system (MES) entrant announced in February. Real-time Production Organizer (RPO) from Yokogawa Electric Corp.

RPO is a suite of manufacturing execution system (MES) platform packages that integrate the vertical production execution workflow across departments and empower decision makers to organize their work quickly and efficiently.

The product is based on the ISA-95 Level 3 manufacturing execution model and performs the definition, dispatch, execution, analysis, and tracking functions. RPO consists of five platform packages. Each package supports a Web service, making RPO. Users can introduce these packages in stages.

The packages are:

1) Workflow Composer VP–Standardizes business work processes and organizes their execution, supporting Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN).
2) Production Coordinator VP–Coordinates information for accurate scheduling, providing an end user computing (EUC) environment.
3) Production Instructor VP–Issues specific work orders for correct and prompt operation, supporting execution monitoring and analysis for identifying best practices.
4) Production Supervisor VP–Supervises real-time performance for quick action by key performance indicator (KPI) monitoring. Web components on a role-based dashboard support drill down analysis.
5) Production Tracker VP–Tracks high-resolution production information for accurate planning and generates production accounting reports.

Delivery of Production Instructor VP and Production Supervisor VP will commence in the
first quarter of fiscal year 2009.