Summary of SIMATIC IT architecture

The product architecture and functionality if SIMATIC IT conform to ISA-95, the internationally recognized standard for Manufacturing Execution Systems and Manufacturing Operation Management.

With three SIMATIC IT suites, independent components, and SIMATIC IT libraries (reusable MES applications), SIMATIC IT can be quickly and flexibly aligned to the specific requirements of companies in different sectors of the process and life sciences industry.

SIMATIC IT Suites

• SIMATIC IT Production Suite
  is a manufacturing execution system in accordance with ISA-95 that combines ERP systems with process control technology, and visualizes production performance in real time at the corporate management level. The SIMATIC IT Production Suite offers the complete material genealogy, seamless tracking and tracing capability for cost-effective compliance with statutory directives, as well as material management and plant performance analysis for optimizing production costs.
• SIMATIC IT R&D Suite
  combines research and development with production for system-wide optimization of research and development processes, and for reducing product launch times.
• SIMATIC IT Intelligence Suite
  analyzes the production data acquired in real time in combination with the business data and derives improvement measures from this.

SIMATIC IT Components

The following SIMATIC IT components provide MES basic functionality in accordance with ISA-95 for specific task areas such as order management, materials management, message management, personnel management or report management:

• SIMATIC IT Product Definition Manager
• SIMATIC IT Production Order Manager
• SIMATIC IT Material Manager
• SIMATIC IT Personnel Manager
• SIMATIC IT Messaging Manager
• SIMATIC IT Data Integration Service
• SIMATIC IT Client Application Builder (CAB)
• SIMATIC IT Reporting Framework

Other SIMATIC IT components can be used in stand-alone mode or can also be combined with other MES functionalities:

• SIMATIC IT Historian: PIMS (Plant Information Management System)
• SIMATIC IT Unilab: LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System)
• SIMATIC IT Interspec: Product specification management
• SIMATIC IT Unicam: Solution for manufacturers of electronic components

Sector-specific SIMATIC IT function packages

SIMATIC IT also offers specific function packages for various sectors of the process industry. Pre-configured best-practice applications in SIMATIC IT Vertical Packages already cover 80 % of sector-specific customer requirements as standard.

SIMATIC IT Service&Support

As well as normal technical support, the range of services for SIMATIC IT also encompasses predictive and preventive service and support. It supports optimization of the availability of IT resources in production, whether by automatic management of software updates or by predicting potential server problems.