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Production management solution for Dofasco, Canada

Canadian Dofasco Inc. has charged PSI AG, Germany, with the delivery of a complete Manufacturing Execution System (MES) for all production areas from hot rolling to finishing at the site in Hamilton, Ontario.

Dofasco will receive a fully integrated solution for the entire process from the management level to production. The new production management system includes the functional areas Production Execution System (PES) and Advanced Line Sequencing (ALS) of the PSImetals vertical industry solution.

The scope of the new system covers hot band inventory to final finishing operations in order to simplify the business processes and will replace a large component of the legacy manufacturing systems.

Start of operations for the solution is scheduled for the first half of 2010.


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