4. Setting up an MES project: form and content

4.1 Background

Basically, the aim of implementing an MES tool is to automate the management of operational processes.

This means:

• detail the current processes to be automated;

• identify the technical data required to describe and operate these processes;

• model these processes in an MES tool;

• implement these models in the field;

• adapt organizations and practices to exploit these models.