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Why ciMes is the #1 MES Choice

ARES ciMes is a Taiwan Excellence Award winner and Gartner-recognized MES vendor. Built on a web-based architecture with a comprehensive suite of factory production management modules, ciMes leverages a flexible system structure and industry-specific templates to shorten development cycles — enabling rapid deployment and improving production line management to strengthen enterprise competitiveness.

The ciMes consulting team has guided hundreds of clients through successful implementations, accumulating deep cross-industry expertise. By combining industry know-how with each client's internal management processes, ciMes delivers a tailored MES platform — making it the definitive choice for manufacturing execution.

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    Recognized Locally & Globally

    Taiwan Excellence Award winner and Gartner-recommended

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    Easy System Integration

    Connects with ERP, APS, PLM, and more

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    100+ Client Implementations

    Metal processing, automotive, injection molding, electronics, and more

How ciMes Solves Manufacturing Challenges Across People, Machine, Material, Method & Environment

ciMes provides real-time work dispatching and labor reporting; machine parameter collection, analysis, and production progress control; material receiving, deduction, requisition, storage, issuance, and returns; barcode-based recording for full production history traceability; and IIoT connectivity with equipment and sensors — delivering comprehensive factory management.

5M1E Analysis
People Machine Material Method Environment
Common Factory Challenges
  • Inconsistent operator productivity
  • Difficult dispatching & scheduling
  • Time-consuming paper-based operations
  • Production progress requires manual inquiry
  • Equipment utilization hard to monitor
  • Parameter records hard to locate
  • Incomplete material history
  • Material shortages cause line stoppages
  • Material status hard to track
  • Manual handwritten production records
  • Production data hard to trace
  • Manual consolidation of complex reports
  • Anomalies not detected in real time
  • Equipment data inaccessible
  • Environmental data hard to obtain
After ciMes: Visibility
  • Personnel data transparent — operators can view their own and peers' progress
  • Equipment utilization, status, and capacity visualized graphically
  • shortages, inventory, and lineside warehouse status digitized
  • Reporting platform for management decision-making
  • Email, SMS, and voice alert notifications
After ciMes: Control
  • Real-time work dispatching and labor reporting
  • Machine parameter collection, analysis, and production progress control
  • Material receiving, deduction, requisition, storage, issuance, and returns
  • Barcode-based recording for full production history traceability
  • IIoT connectivity with equipment and sensors for integrated management
After ciMes: Manageability
  • Barcode check-in, labor hour collection and analysis to improve personnel performance
  • Intelligent fault alerts and preventive maintenance to improve equipment utilization
  • Material lot barcoding for management and traceability
  • Supporting process improvement and customer audit requirements
  • IIoT sensors collect data for intelligent safety and environmental monitoring

6 Major Smart Applications

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    People Management
    + Digital Operations

    • Digital work dispatching and task reporting
    • User-friendly labor reporting interface
    • Data-driven labor hours and production efficiency tracking
    • Paperless operations to reduce administrative time
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    Intelligent Sensing
    + Quality Analysis

    • IoT machine connectivity to detect equipment data (temperature, pressure, voltage, parameters, vibration, noise, etc.)
    • Automatic anomaly detection and alerts
    • Monitor and collect quality inspection data
    • Defect prevention to improve yield and reduce waste
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    Production Control
    + Electronic Kanban

    • Real-time factory control via system dashboard
    • Real-time WIP progress queries
    • Preventive maintenance to avoid breakdowns
    • Production line visualization (utilization, progress, machine status, etc.)
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    Material + Parts
    & Components Management

    • Incoming material quality management and usage traceability
    • Receiving management (incoming inspection, material label printing)
    • Lineside warehouse management (requisition, returns, material loading, etc.)
    • Cutting tool, fixture, and mold issuance and return record management
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    Mobile Management

    • Real-time on-site data entry, queries, and reporting
    • Access production information anytime, anywhere
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    Intelligent Factory Monitoring

    • Integrate sensors and SCADA software for unified information display
    • Facility energy monitoring (water, electricity, and gas consumption management)

ciMes Smart Factory Solutions — Beyond Your Imagination!

1. Our factories are in Taiwan, China, and overseas — how can ciMes help?

After implementing ciMes, a web browser is all you need to monitor all factory production status anytime, anywhere — and address production line issues in real time.

2. We need real-time production reports for daily meetings — can ciMes deliver?

ciMes fully records all factory objects — work orders, products, machines, materials, and lot numbers — throughout production. After data consolidation and analysis, the required production management reports are generated in real time.

The EKS electronic kanban system replaces traditional LED displays, providing complete visibility into production progress, scheduling, material status, quality, equipment, safety, and work instructions — delivering flexible, real-time visual management across the factory floor.

3. What if a machine breaks down mid-production — can ciMes handle that?

Machines are the most critical asset in manufacturing. Sudden breakdowns or neglected maintenance can turn equipment into a ticking time bomb on the production line.

With ciMes, the Tooling module and PM module's intelligent predictive mechanism enables scheduled and unscheduled preventive maintenance — keeping the production line running without interruption.

4. We have too many product types with different requirements per work order — how do we manage this?

As the customer base grows, so does product variety — each requiring different production specifications.

ciMes's powerful product and process version management enables dynamic production line switching, quickly delivering products that meet each customer's exact requirements.

5. We have many material types that must match specific products — wrong materials cause losses. Can ciMes help?

The MMS gives you complete visibility into all materials used in production — from lineside warehouse quantities to which lot numbers each material has been allocated to.

ciMes also allows you to define exclusive material-to-product associations, with easy tracking of expiration dates and remaining quantities. Wrong material usage on the production line becomes a thing of the past.

6. Our customer requires direct customs shipment with various label sizes — can ciMes handle this?

Many products need to be boxed during production, requiring labels to prevent downstream errors. ciMes integrates with label software to print labels — inner and outer cartons alike — directly during production.

ciMes also records shipment box numbers and lot numbers, capturing every detail from goods receipt to final shipment. RMA traceability is never a concern.

7. With so many MES vendors out there, what makes ciMes stand out?

ciMes has been consecutively recognized by Gartner as the only recommended MES vendor in Taiwan, holds Microsoft ISV certification, and is a Taiwan Excellence Award winner — making it the definitive choice for any industry on the path to smart manufacturing.