SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE WITHIN A MANUFACTURING EXECUTION SYSTEM

摘要

A graphical user interface for a manufacturing execution system (MES) wherein a client application builder tool (CAB) enables a user to display MES screens and customize MES applications and/or proprietary applications. A MES database contains required data stemming from a production process to be displayed on the MES screens. Specification data are determined in a configuration file with a meta-data fixed structure enabling the generation of a configuration interface. A dynamically built and WEB-technology based GUI configuration tool is executed, calling the specification data and offering the user the configuration interface within the GUI configuration tool to create the GUI according to the specification data. The configuration interface is generated by using the meta-data fixed structure. The graphical user interface is created according to data entries made to the configuration interface. The data from the MES database are filled into the respective data fields, creating the MES screens.