5/26/2011 - Vyksa Steel Works improves production
Broner Metals Solutions completes MES projects in Russia
stahl und eisen - Vyksa Steel Works in Russia, is now using Broner MES solutions to improve production in their Electric Weld Large Diameter Pipe Complex (LDPC) for pipes up to 1420 mm diameter, and in the Pipe Electric Weld workshop 3 (PEWS-3). In a phased implementation, with differing solutions for each workshop, Broner Metal Solutions has worked jointly with Vyksa to implement MES production, inventory and quality management and tracking solutions; and an Automated Pipe Traceability System. All these are now live in production, providing real-time monitoring and control of production operations, with can improve quality, throughput and on-time delivery and reduce costs.
A Production Monitoring, Dispatching and Analysis (PDMA) solution covers the pipe production lines at LDPC. This records all production data, providing real-time monitoring and control and making this information available for fast and efficient decision making. It provides a comprehensive range of functions such as: production dispatching, execution & tracking; inventory management for finished pipes; quality control management and KPI monitoring and reporting.
The Automated Pipe Traceability System (APTS) for PEWS-3, links into the separate pipe marking and identification equipment and provides: Steel coil technical data; Pipe traceability at each section of the technological shop; Collection and archiving of pipe production, technical, and quality data and integration with ERP system.
David Mushin, Chief Executive of Broner Metals Solutions said, “The solution was implemented in partnership with Vyksa, using both Broner and Vyksa resources. Initially integrated with Oracle, Broner provided consultancy to assist Vyksa to migrate the ERP interfaces to SAP, using the Broner Integration module based on TIBCO.”
Source: Broner Metal Solutions