METHOD FOR INCREASING THE WORK PERFORMANCE OF A MANUFACTURING EXECUTING SYSTEM (MES) AND AN ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM (ERP)

A method increases the work performance of a manufacturing executing system (MES) and an enterprise resource planning system (ERP). The method includes forming the enterprise resource planning system to be enabled for planning the business resources of a production plant and for releasing production orders to the manufacturing execution system. The manufacturing execution system is enabled to control and to execute a production process on the production plant according to the production orders. An operation schedule is created by the enterprise resource planning system, the operation schedule represents a production workflow of the production process. A number of operation definitions is created. Each operating definition contains a catalogue of pre-defined respective work orders. The operation schedule is downloaded by the enterprise resource planning system thereby creating a set of corresponding work orders being executable by the manufacturing execution system.