With its latest technology, IBS AG production management offers optimal management of the production processes, from the planning stage of the individual work steps and the organisation of resources, times and personnel to the monitoring of specifications, performance and quality.

The use of IBS:prisma® supports the following key areas:

• Planning and management of work, information and material processes in the individual plants or between plants and in the supply chain
• Provision of management information in the form of company-specific key figures
• Automation of business and production processes using workflows within the whole company and along the supply chain
• Optimisation of production for the fulfilment of strategic aims (e.g. increasing customer satisfaction)
• Maintenance and support of production facilities

The modular construction of IBS:prisma® offers the following individual functions:

• Production order management
• Fine planning / graphical planning chart / resource management / resource administration
• Order networks
• Planning vs. final capacities
• Forward scheduling, back scheduling, bottleneck scheduling
• Optimal equipment set-up SMED
• Resource planning, allocation of resources
• Operational data acquisition (ODA) / operational data management
• Machine data acquisition (MDA) (multiple machine work)
• KPI (key performance indicators) / balance scorecard
• Production controlling (OEE (Overall Equipment Efficiency) / NEE (Net Equipment Effectiveness)
• Continuous improvement process (CIP)
• SPC (statistical process control) / worker self-assessment
• Maintenance management / service management
• Alarm management and escalation management
• Process management and process visualisation
• Traceability / product traceability - batch traceability / serial number traceability / component traceability / construction progress documentation VDA 5005 / ISO 9000ff and VDA 6.1 RFID / barcode
• Tool management
• Reports / analyses / monitoring
• SAP integration (certified for SAP NetWeaver) / member of SAP Shop Floor partner programme
• Integration of ERP systems (abas, BaaN; Brain; PSI; semiramis; infor, Ordat, Proalpha; QAD; SAP)
• Availability check for raw materials, excipients  and fuel
• Material availability check - ATP (available to promise)
• Compliance Management
• Integration in quality management QM / CAQ / deployment of personnel
• Special requirements or MES capability characteristics
  • FDA
  • 21 CRF Part 11
  • Paperless Repair
  • Collaborative Manufacturin
• Collaborative ManufacturingConnection of Touch Terminals / Industrial PCs / BDE Terminals
• Lessons learnt