MES for the process-manufacturing industry: recipe-driven production, batch traceability down to raw material, end-to-end temperature & humidity collection, and digitized line-clearing — meeting compliance requirements such as GMP / HACCP / FSSC 22000 / FDA.
Process manufacturing's compliance demands are several times those of discrete manufacturing
Many versions of customer-customized recipes, where a wrong version is a serious incident → versioned recipes + ECN approval + batch-bound recipe
Food-poisoning incidents must trace to the batch within 4 hours → dual SN + batch binding, traceable in seconds
Critical operations need end-to-end T/H records, easily missed by manual reading → sensors collect automatically with exceedance alerts
Incomplete clearing between recipes risks cross-contamination → digitized line-clearing workflow + verification sign-off + video evidence
Raw materials / semi-finished / finished goods all have shelf lives, with frequent expiry incidents → FEFO picking + near-expiry warnings + forced removal
GMP / HACCP / FSSC audits demand documents → MES auto-generates BPR batch production records + deviation reports
A "recipe" in food / chemicals is the equivalent of a "BOM" in discrete manufacturing, but far more sensitive — a wrong recipe version may trigger customer complaints or safety incidents. SBK MES versions recipes and strictly binds each production batch to a recipe version, never confused.
Batch-chain trace progress
Once a food-safety incident occurs, regulators require tracing to the raw-material batch + listing affected finished-goods batches + shipped customers within 4 hours. SBK MES makes batch traceability a second-level query — 4 hours is more than enough.
The core of the HACCP system is identifying CCPs (critical control points, such as sterilization temperature, storage temperature, pH) and monitoring parameters so they never exceed limits. SBK MES connects CCP monitoring points to sensors, with automatic alerts + deviation logging + a CAPA workflow triggered on exceedance.
Raw milk batches traced back to the farm, sterilization-temperature CCP monitored, finished goods shipped by FEFO
Multiple SKUs with different recipes, with recipe versions bound to batches to prevent mismatches
Dough / fermentation / baking / packaging across operations, with key process parameters recorded throughout
Reactor temperature / pressure / pH monitored in real time, with dosing by process step
These MES modules together form the process-manufacturing solution
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