As part of the S4//MES project, a team of roughly 60 persons works on implementing a system which is used to standardise processes at different locations of the POLYTEC GROUP. In this way, an employee in Lohne can take over the monitoring and control of a process in Wolmirstedt without any problem – and vice versa. Short-term staff shortages can thus be rapidly compensated, and problems can be solved together.

But S4//MES also includes other features: the display of real-time information on consumption and the current planning situation, better reporting based on comprehensive data and much more. Overall, the system is intended to free up employees to focus on more qualified tasks.

Finally, this stream also includes the large-scale collection of process data far beyond the usual level, enabling in-depth analyses, for example regarding the correlation of different process parameters. In technical terms, this not least provides the basis for future applications of artificial intelligence.

In June 2022, S4//MES will go live at the POLYTEC locations in Lohne, Wolmirstedt and Thannhausen. It is already operating at the Ebensee plant, and further locations will follow in the coming years.