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• Issuing production work orders
  • Should production work orders be transferred from an ERP-system?
  • Should there be a possibility to issue production work orders manually?
  • Should there be a possibility to modify production work order afterwards (e.g. amount)?

• Assigning local resources 
  • Which resources do exist (personnel, raw material, equipment)?
  • Which assignments are possible or restricted?
  • Do certain assignments or assignment changes require certain measures (new set-up of equipment, cleaning, …)?
  • How is the resource assignment implemented in the system (data model, interfaces, DBMS)?
  • Which event triggers the resource assignement (e.g. by a production order release)?
  • Is the status of the resource known?
  • Which status of resources are feasible?

• Releasing local resources 
  • Should a MES control the release of local resources for starting production orders? 

• Handling conditions 
  • Which exceptions should a MES be able to handle?

• Maintaining status of work orders 
  • Should the MES visualize the current status of work orders?
  • Which types of status will be required?
  • Should certain defined status trigger actions?

• Ensuring that process constraints and ordering are met in production 
  • Which production requirements (or constraints) shall be monitored?
  • Should there be a notification in case of deviation from requirements (violation of constraints)?
     
• Informing detailed production scheduling when unanticipated events result in the inability to meet the schedule requirements
  • Should a MES give feedback to the detailed production scheduling in case of unanticipated events that result in the inability to meet the schedule?
  • Which details and which events should be considered for this?

• Receiving information from quality operations management that indicates unanticipated conditions that may relate to scheduled events 
  • Should the MES consider quality results for the detailed production scheduling in case of unanticipated conditions?
  • Which situations should be considered?

• Receiving information from production resource management about unanticipated future resource availability that may relate to scheduled events
  • Should the MES process feedback about unanticipated future production resource availability?

• Production Operations Management
  • Product Definition Management
  • Production Resource Management
  • Detailed Production Scheduling
  • Production Dispatching
  • Production Execution Management
  • Production Data Collection
  • Production Tracking
  • Production Performance Analysis