vocabulary:
  name: Sepasoft MES Vocabulary
  description: >-
    Key industrial and manufacturing concepts used by Sepasoft's Manufacturing
    Execution System (MES) platform, built on the Ignition® platform by
    Inductive Automation.
  version: "1.0"
  terms:
    - term: Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
      definition: >-
        A software system that controls, tracks, and documents the transformation
        of raw materials into finished goods in real-time, capable of tracking
        production at the second level or finer granularity.
      tags: [core, system, manufacturing]

    - term: Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
      definition: >-
        A manufacturing KPI that measures productivity as the product of
        Availability, Performance, and Quality ratios. A score of 100% means
        perfect production: manufacturing only good parts, as fast as possible,
        with no stop time.
      tags: [kpi, metrics, lean-manufacturing]

    - term: Batch Procedure
      definition: >-
        An ISA-88-aligned workflow that defines the sequence of operations
        required to produce a batch of material, including phases, operations,
        and unit procedures orchestrated through the MES.
      tags: [batch, isa88, workflow]

    - term: Track and Trace
      definition: >-
        The capability to follow the path of a product or material through every
        stage of production, including lot/serial number tracking, genealogy
        trees, and chain-of-custody reporting for compliance and quality.
      tags: [traceability, compliance, quality]

    - term: Statistical Process Control (SPC)
      definition: >-
        A method of quality control that uses statistical methods to monitor and
        control a manufacturing process. Control charts detect out-of-control
        conditions so corrective action can be taken before defects occur.
      tags: [quality, statistics, control-chart]

    - term: Unified Namespace (UNS)
      definition: >-
        A centralized, hierarchical data architecture pattern for industrial
        systems where all devices, systems, and applications publish and subscribe
        to a single shared context, typically built over MQTT/Sparkplug B.
      tags: [architecture, iiot, mqtt, sparkplug]

    - term: Equipment State
      definition: >-
        A discrete classification of a piece of equipment at a given moment in
        time (e.g., Running, Starved, Blocked, Idle, Down), used to calculate
        availability and analyze downtime causes.
      tags: [equipment, downtime, availability, oee]

    - term: Work Order
      definition: >-
        A formal instruction to produce a specified quantity of a product,
        containing routing, material requirements, and scheduling information.
        The MES accepts, executes, and closes work orders in coordination with
        ERP systems.
      tags: [scheduling, production, erp]

    - term: ERP Connectivity
      definition: >-
        Integration between the MES layer and Enterprise Resource Planning
        systems (SAP, Oracle, etc.) to exchange production orders, inventory
        transactions, labor data, and quality results bidirectionally.
      tags: [integration, erp, sap, oracle]

    - term: ISA-95
      definition: >-
        An international standard (ANSI/ISA-95) defining the integration between
        enterprise and control systems, including a hierarchical model for
        production scheduling, dispatching, and execution data exchange between
        MES and ERP layers.
      tags: [standard, isa95, integration]

    - term: Ignition Platform
      definition: >-
        The SCADA/MES development platform by Inductive Automation on which
        Sepasoft's MES modules are built, providing tag-based data access,
        OPC-UA connectivity, and a low-code scripting environment.
      tags: [platform, scada, ignition, inductive-automation]

    - term: Downtime Analysis
      definition: >-
        The process of recording, categorizing, and analyzing equipment stop
        events to identify root causes, calculate losses, and drive continuous
        improvement initiatives such as autonomous and planned maintenance.
      tags: [downtime, reliability, continuous-improvement]

    - term: Recipe Management
      definition: >-
        The creation, versioning, and controlled deployment of manufacturing
        formulas and process parameters to equipment, ensuring consistent product
        quality and regulatory compliance across production runs.
      tags: [recipe, quality, compliance, change-management]

    - term: Carbon Emissions Reduction
      definition: >-
        MES-driven visibility into energy consumption and waste per production
        order, enabling manufacturers to identify inefficiencies and reduce
        their carbon footprint through data-driven operational decisions.
      tags: [sustainability, energy, emissions, esg]

    - term: Low-Code Software
      definition: >-
        A development approach used by Sepasoft and the Ignition platform that
        minimizes hand-written code, allowing manufacturing engineers and
        integrators to configure MES applications through visual tools and
        drag-and-drop components.
      tags: [low-code, development, platform, configuration]