Preface

Intended Audience

Welcome to Release 12.2 of the Oracle Manufacturing Execution System for Discrete Manufacturing User's Guide.

Oracle Manufacturing applications users

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Structure

1  Overview Oracle MES for Discrete Manufacturing

This chapter describes the features of the Oracle MES for Discrete Manufacturing, a manufacturing execution system used for discrete shop floor transactions.


2  MES Administrator

This chapter describes the features of the MES Administrator role, including parameter descriptions.


3  MES Workstation

This chapter describes the features of the MES Workstation and the Operator role, including the ability to view the work dispatch list and perform transactions.


4  MES Supervisor Workbench

This chapter describes the features of the MES Supervisor Workbench, including the ability to monitor shop floor progress on the Dashboard and to avoid potential problems through actions taken on the Supervisor Workstation.


5  Global Actions

This chapter describes global action views and tasks displayed in the MES Supervisor Workbench and the MES Workstation.


A  Navigator Paths

This appendix lists navigation paths for pages in the Oracle MES for Discrete Manufacturing application.


B  MES for Discrete Manufacturing Workflow

This appendix describes the features of the WIP Exception Notification Workflow.


C  MES Client Extensions

This appendix describes the client extensions, functions procedures, and packages integrated into Oracle MES for Discrete Manufacturing.


D  Document Attachment Setup

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