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With decline of the global automotive market and the drastic competition in automotive industry, the needs of corporations can no longer be met with traditional MES system. In order to lower the product costs, increase the product efficiency and meet the customer’s needs, Lean product mode has been a main task for the manufacturers to probe into, in this case, the corporations can be turned digitalized, lean and process focused. Customers’ needs & corporations’ interests can be well integrated under Lean production MES system. With the systematic characteristics, such as production mode with push & pull combination, total quality management, and real-time monitor, the impropriated resources under production are reduced & the cost is lowered on the largest scale. With implementation of Lean Production MES system, it can make the company effectively control the stock, shorten the circulation time, improve the product quality and increase the customers’ satisfaction rate. Further, it offers a powerful digital platform for the enterprise to be an international automotive manufacturer with core competence.After a brief review of the current status and problems of MES system’s management, the necessity of implementing Lean Production MES system is discussed. Then, considering the corporation’s needs and production mode with push & pull combination, the main techniques of this system are introduced; the requirements and operation procedure of the system developed in LP MES are analyzed. Some applicable sub-systems, such as production management, Kanban management, traceability management, quality control and report form inquiry are also discussed in detail, and then the architecture of the whole LP MES system is analyzed. Moreover, based on the LP MES system, the production mode with pull & push is also discussed, so as to match the production & the customers’ needs and ensure the products’ quality and security, and the application effect of implementing the production mode with pull & push is also analyzed. Finally, the system’s characteristic and deficiency are discussed.
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