Intelligent production system

ERP: Use effective management mode and modern science and technology to effectively integrate the internal resources of the enterprise, reduce production costs to the greatest extent, and effectively improve the production efficiency of the enterprise.
MES: The manufacturing execution system plays a role in transmitting information to optimize production activities during the process from the issue of the work order to the completion of the finished product.
EAP: One of the factory automation system programs, to provide a basis for scheduling and dispatching workers, improve the efficiency of the machine, reduce costs and increase the productivity of the machine. Provide a complete automation solution, under the connection of the machine, to help reduce human errors in mass production, improve product yield, and achieve the ultimate goal of an unmanned factory.
BCS/ECM: Responsible for monitoring and controlling the status of the machine, and managing the production line or work-in-process (WIP) data in the machine, and providing data integration solutions with lower-level machines and upper-level systems.
Equipment: Intelligent machine equipment, including Inline Equipment, Standalone Equipment, inspection machine, measuring machine, process machine, and handling equipment.

Message Event by Connector or Service.
Message-Dispatching raise a thread do Service Method.
Service base on Entities to handle business flow.
Service send a Message to PLC connector for data download or response.
Service send a Message to MES connector for report or request.
Connector, Service, System logging separate.
Formatting History depend on ORM Object save to database.
Equipment, Port, Job status update to Entities, and mapping to Entities XML files.

The EAP server can be a physical machine or a virtual machine(such as VMWare, Hyper-V).
Recommend an EAP Server can install 10~20 EAPs depends on the server ability.
A EAP can communication a inline equipment by SECS/GEM.