Belgian Monitoring Systems (BMS) is a
leading supplier of turnkey MES solutions for the
textile and plastics industry. Its latest generation of data collection hardware (data units)
includes an IoT broker, allowing direct access to real time information from
any remote location or external IT applications.
The BMS Manufacturing Execution Systems
(MES) are widely used in the textile and plastics industry. These systems, being a combination of data collection hardware and
application software, enable managers to achieve
operational excellence and to rapidly respond to changing conditions. Till
lately, this all happened locally in
the plant, with some pre-configured access to the information from outside the company or from third party applications.
A new family of data collection hardware
(data units), entirely designed and manufactured by BMS, now allows full disclosure of all data collected from the machines.
Using standard IoT (Internet of Things) protocols, the data collected from the machines is published in the
Cloud. As such, this information is not only available for managers and employees who want to access plant data from anywhere in the world, but also for non-BMS applications, such as ERP systems or third party
developed Apps.
Furthermore, all data units offer a uniform
web based HMI, allowing easy operation on the
machine or any remote mobile device
such as tablets or smartphones.