Before you begin
- No earlier cookbook topic is required.
How it works
Follow the arrows from left to right. Each stage prepares the information the next stage needs.
- 01Recommended
Factory records
Plant: the manufacturing context that owns and isolates operational data.
provides the information needed for - 02Recommended
Product records
Site: a physical location within the Plant.
provides the information needed for - 03Recommended
Process records
Line: a production lane that receives unit-level tasks.
provides the information needed for - 04Recommended
Execution records
Station: a work point used by a Routing operation.
provides the information needed for - 05Recommended
Quality and trace records
BOM: the Components and quantities required for a Product.
Why this connection matters: Use Product for finished output and Component for input material.
What to do
- Plant: the manufacturing context that owns and isolates operational data.
- Site: a physical location within the Plant.
- Line: a production lane that receives unit-level tasks.
- Station: a work point used by a Routing operation.
- BOM: the Components and quantities required for a Product.
- Routing: the connected sequence of operations a unit follows.
- Work Order: the executable instruction to produce a Product quantity.
- Production Task: one finished unit moving through production.
- Genealogy: the relationship between finished units, consumed material, packaging, and shipment.
Watch the task
Watch: Forge MES Glossary
GIF walkthrough placeholder for Forge MES Glossary.
Rules to remember
- Use Product for finished output and Component for input material.
- Use Production Order for grouping and Work Order for execution.
- Use Repair for fixing a failed unit and Rework for repeating controlled manufacturing operations.
Ready when
- Terminology is used consistently in procedures and training.
- Local factory terms are mapped to the Forge term.
- Users can distinguish similarly named records.