Purpose-built for custom, engineer-to-order (ETO) and make-to-order (MTO) modes. Multi-level BOM spanning three channels — purchased / outsourced / make — long-cycle work orders reported by milestone, cost allocated at the project dimension, and operation-level labor hours and quality traced down to the part.
Custom-build business is extremely complex, and traditional MES struggles to fit
Every machine has a different BOM, hard for traditional MES to maintain → build BOMs at the project dimension, managed independently per order
One machine has an 8-level BOM with 3,000+ parts and complex relationships → MES supports N-level BOM tree explosion
Sheet metal / heat treatment / surface treatment are heavily outsourced → outsourced operations included in process routing, with materials traceable in and out
Custom machines run 30–90 days, making operation-by-operation reporting impractical → report at milestone nodes, with progress under control
Each project's cost is accounted independently, inconsistent with the work-order dimension → work orders linked to projects, cost allocated across both dimensions
Changing customer needs cause frequent BOM / process changes → project-level ECN workflow + rapid change-impact analysis
Critical path: core make · 58% complete
A custom machine can take 3–6 months from contract signing to delivery. SBK MES treats the whole machine as a "project" containing multiple part-level work orders (purchased / outsourced / make), with a project Gantt chart showing progress in one view.
A machine's parts come from three channels: standard parts purchased, complex parts outsourced, core parts made in-house. The three channels' progress coordinates to the final-assembly node — any one channel's delay drags down the whole-machine delivery.
Each node has acceptance criteria + sign-off
Custom-machine assembly may take 20–30 days, where reporting every operation daily is neither necessary nor motivating. SBK MES breaks long-cycle work orders into milestone nodes (frame complete / assembly complete / commissioning complete / trial run passed) and reports progress by node.
Each machine has an independent BOM + process, managed project-style from design to delivery
Standardized products + optional configurations, an "MTS + options" combined mode
Excavator / crane heavy-part welding + final assembly, reported by milestone
Spinning line + weaving line + dyeing-finishing line delivered as a set, with project-level engineering coordination
These MES modules together form the machinery & equipment solution
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