Lines

In MES Web Portal, a line is an ordered set of entities that models a production line, manufacturing line, or assembly line. A line is ordered in the sense that each entity in the line is related to at least one other entity in the line in a directed way that indicates the flow of product.

All of the entities in the line must have the following conditions:

• Ability to schedule jobs, run jobs, capture utilization, and track OEE (overall equipment effectiveness)

• Not be allowed to have more than one Job Exec (that is, it cannot have more than one job running at a time)

• Have an OEE production rate defined

• Not be a member of another line

• Not be the parent entity of the line

The following diagram is a model for an example line that produces bags of mixed nuts.

For information about creating and configuring lines in MES Web Portal, see Configuring Lines.