Hornbill Smart Manufacturing 中文
Manufacturing digitalization notes

Making shop-floor systems make sense

Practical notes on MES, planning and scheduling, BOM and manufacturing data.

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Most of this site is in Chinese. Selected articles are available in English below.

MES · Execution Edge gateway SMT line Robot Inspect
Illustration: equipment status flows through an edge gateway into MES. Green dot = running, amber = waiting.

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Planning & SchedulingMRP Says What to Buy. APS Says What to Run.MRP assumes infinite capacity and fixed lead times. APS schedules around real constraints, but only if the data behind it is right.4 min readDigitalizationThe Nine Pillars of Industry 4.0, as a Self-AssessmentIndustry 4.0 has a clear technical boundary: nine pillars forming one chain from shop-floor data to decisions and back to action.7 min readBOMWhy Train BOMs Are Modular and Car BOMs Are FlatThree ways of thinking about building a BOM from zero: modular design, flat structure and template or configuration management.9 min read
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MES solution architecture, from BOM to shop floor

Experience, background and what I work on.

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If you work on MES, planning or manufacturing data and would like to talk, I'd be glad to hear from you.

Email: yuweiade@gmail.com

The Chinese-language WeChat account is called 犀牛鸟智造.

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