Moving ERP to the cloud and maintaining the ability for production to continue if the connection to the ERP system is lost.
The Results
The Challenge
While moving the ERP system to the cloud, the wanted their automated MES system to continue functioning without disruption to production (in the event of a 2-3 day short-term connection loss)
The Solution
A production database and webservices was created to map current schedules, inventories, BOMs, etc. to a “sustainability” data structure that the MES system and other Plant Floor systems could operate for 2-3 days if ERP connection was lost
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