@rgemas — Production Tracking System

The summary below — what the argemas production tracking system is, what it covers and how it runs on the factory floor — is compiled from our approved corporate content.

What is a production tracking system?

A production tracking system is a digital system that records, in real time, on which machine, by which operator, for how long and at what quality level every part on the factory floor was produced. Its modern equivalent is the MES; the older term 'production tracking program' also covers Excel or simple barcode setups. argemas MES collects data directly from every station, machine and operator on the shop floor, unifying OEE tracking, loss analysis, quality control and performance reporting in real time on a single hub — an integrated operational management infrastructure that also embeds operator reward mechanisms based on measured productivity scores.

argemas MES as a production management system

argemas MES is an integrated ecosystem of roughly 25 modules covering critical components such as order-based work-order management, line balancing, assignment optimization, real-time OEE, multi-stage quality control (in-line, end-of-line, final), lost time and operator performance. Working in full integration with ERP systems, it is a platform that digitally closes the entire cycle from order to shipment. With AI-powered assignment algorithms, the digitalization of the MTM methodology and productivity-driven bonus and fair-pay systems, it manages the shop floor with advanced optimization.

OEE: real-time productivity tracking

OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) measures the real production performance of a machine or line as the product of three components: $$\text{OEE} = \text{Availability} \times \text{Performance} \times \text{Quality}$$ The components are calculated as follows: $$\text{Availability} = \frac{\text{Run Time}}{\text{Planned Time}}$$ $$\text{Performance} = \frac{\text{Actual Count}}{\text{Target Count}}$$ $$\text{Quality} = \frac{\text{Good Count}}{\text{Total Count}}$$ 85% is accepted as the world-class standard. argemas collects the data for all three components automatically from shop-floor hardware and displays real-time OEE by shift, line and operator on Andon screens.

Machine integration: OPC-UA and legacy machines

Yes. argemas collects data from CNC, injection, weaving, sewing and packaging machines via OPC-UA, Modbus TCP/RTU, Siemens S7, Allen-Bradley CIP/EtherNet/IP, Mitsubishi MELSEC and other common industrial protocols. For legacy machines, the @rgeRover IoT terminal reads analog (current, vibration, temperature) and digital (counter, limit switch) signals and brings them into the OPC-UA world. In mixed factories (modern + legacy machines), a single real-time production stream is created.

Automotive supply industry: IATF 16949-ready workflows

IATF 16949 is the global quality management standard for the automotive supply industry. It includes requirements for process control, lot/serial traceability, control-plan documentation, FMEA, PPAP and APQP. An IATF 16949-compliant MES digitally records the parameters of every operation, operator approvals and quality checks, making them instantly accessible during audits. In its automotive deployments, argemas delivers this standard out of the box; OEM audits require no additional documentation.