One MES for three plants
The goal of the project is a shared MES platform for the voestalpine Wire Technology sites in Italy, Austria, and Germany. The three sites produce a broad portfolio of wire products, with some differences in production processes and equipment landscapes. The new MES is designed to account for these differences while creating as uniform a system platform as possible—for greater transparency and efficiency across the entire group.
The solution: OneBase®MES
As part of the project, existing production, BDE, and subsystems from ABF will be replaced or consolidated by the new, modular OneBase®MES. In addition, numerous existing systems and interfaces will be connected to the new platform to ensure seamless digitalization from the production order through to feedback into the ERP system.
Phased rollout with a pilot in Italy
The implementation will take place in several stages: the voestalpine Wire Italy s.r.l. site serves as the pilot for the shared, cross-site core functionality. Building on this, the solution will be rolled out step by step to the other plants over the next three years and supplemented with site-specific extensions. This creates a unified technology platform that will significantly simplify future development and enable synergies between the plants.
This order demonstrates ABF’s expertise in the digitalization of industrial production processes.
