Get the Most from the International Standard ISA-95 with ITS' Consultancy Service

Industrial Technology Systems Ltd (ITS), with its experience in the design and implementation of MES systems, can help companies get the most from the international standard ISA-95, through its consultancy service.

ANSI/ISAS95, known by its short title ISA-95, consists of models and terminology required for the development of an effective MES system.  It is relevant to all manufacturing and processing industries and the principles can be applied to batch, continuous, discrete or repetitive processes using different technologies.  

ITS has a team of engineers, experienced in the successful integration of MES and control systems. We can offer specialist advice to companies wishing to maximise use of the standard.

Companies following ISA-95 benefit from a common understanding, which enables employees responsible for different types of systems to communicate effectively with one another. The standard increases simplicity, provides best practice across the site and reduces risk and misunderstanding, which in turn reduces the integration process and cost.  

Introduced in 1995 to resolve issues encountered in the integration of enterprise and control systems, ISA-95 provides a common understanding of terminology, information exchange, workflows, best practices, models and activities and functions.

It is used to establish which information can be transferred between the sales and finance ERP systems and the production, maintenance and quality MES systems. This information is organised in models, which form the basis for the design of interfaces between the ERP and MES systems.

ISA-95 consists of five main parts:

ISA-95.01 Models and Terminology
Part 1 includes the models and terminology, which are used to determine which information should be exchanged between the enterprise and control systems.

ISA-95.02 Object Model Attributes
Part 2 introduces the object model attributes which are used for the data exchange between the systems and the foundation for relational database design.

ISA-95.03 Activity Models
Part 3 concentrates on the activities and functions that take place at the MES production level and enables users to compare and standardise different site production processes. 

ISA-95.04 Object Models and Attributes & ISA-95.05 B2M Transactions
Part 4 and Part 5 are currently in development.

If you are interested in ITS’ ISA-95 consultancy service,  please email sales@its-ltd.co.uk and we will be in touch.