ation requires reliable planning. The traceability of each production step must be assured and logistics must be accurate. Between ERP and SCADA Until 2013, the premix plant used a tailor-made pro- cess-control system, which required a strictly se- quential execution of process steps. To improve effi- ciency and to be prepared for future demands, various MES offerings were evaluated. An MES represents the process-control layer located between the business level of the plant with its ERP system and the local process control level with its SCADA system. DSM Nutritional Products chose ABB from among four competing suppliers and ordered the compa- ny’s MES software offering, formerly known as cpm- Plus Enterprise Connectivity System (ECS) and now part of the ABB Ability TM Manufact

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