Manufacturing Integration

As a focus area within our SOA and Integration practice, Summa provides specialized expertise in the strategy, architecture, planning, design and implementation of manufacturing integration solutions - modernizing and connecting shop floor processes and systems with ERP and supply chain business processes.

Implementing SOA in manufacturing environments requires more than knowledge of the latest SOA, ERP or MES interface technologies. Because of the potential impact and longevity, manufacturing integration projects benefit greatly from our perspective and experience in balancing corporate strategy, industry trends and business process change, while targeting the best middleware technology and standards as an enabler. Since our inception, Summa has been focused on creating well-architected, planned and implemented enterprise applications built with shared, secure, robust and reusable components.

Summa offers the following Manufacturing Integration focused services

• Help companies' IT and business leaders to establish a manufacturing integration strategic roadmap.
• Lead the modernization of shop floor and ERP integration using the latest capabilities of BPM and SOA tools and technologies
• Educate companies' technical and non-technical personnel to the benefits of SOA for manufacturing integration.
• Plan and execute projects based upon FactoryTalk and other middleware solutions.
• Adapt pre-existing MES and ERP software for use in an SOA environment.
• Assess the impact of SOA and a company's readiness for SOA.
• Deliver pilot implementations to demonstrate SOA's business value to manufacturing.

Summa, as a member of Rockwell's FactoryTalk Information Solution Provider Program, can help you to determine the right manufacturing integration strategy and implement technology, like FactoryTalk IS and MES products, web services and legacy systems to make it possible. We specialize in the use of industry standards such as ISA-95 and B2MML to integrate Rockwell Automation and custom MES systems to ERP systems such SAP and Oracle. If you are looking for ways that SOA applies in your business, have a specific project in mind or need assistance with enabling your staff to implement a manufacturing integration strategy, contact us today to learn more about how Summa can help.