Preactor gets green light from MES developer, Wonderware

Preactor is now to provide its finite capacity scheduling module, Preactor 400 APS, for the Wonderware Operations system (formerly Factelligence). Preactor CEO Mike Novels says that specialists from both companies worked together to ensure seamless integration, using Wonderware's supply chain connector technology. He also says that, given analyst Aberdeen's findings that the 20% best implementers of lean manufacturing used lean scheduling tightly integrated with MES and ERP, this is a very promising marriage. "Wonderware is used in over one third of the world's plants and facilities, and many of these sites can make further efficiency gains by integrating their plant floor and production planning capabilities," explains Novels. "Preactor has a long history of its systems being used in an enabling capacity with Wonderware solutions in many different industries. This is a logical extension of providing the proven benefits of two leaders in their fields to manufacturers the world over."