Ask the Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) Expert: Scheduling Assistance
 Asked on Jun 25 2005 8:07:09:000AM | Q | We have three plant sites. Two of which are approximately 3 miles apart and the third one being in China. We use Solidworks as our CAD software. We have tried to work from the same database by going through a terminal server connection. But because of the size of the CAD files it makes this process too slow to be able to work.
How do multi-site facilities deal with this problem?
Note also we went to a wireless connection that was up to 4 Mbps and still could not get sufficient speed to manipulate the drawing. Len Logan, Hamburg, NY |
| A | Multi-site support is typically an asynchronous solution to replicating data at local sites to enable users working in different physical locations to access the same database, share the same resources and files, and work on mutual projects while minimizing file transfers and bandwidth limitations. It provides local availability of data that has originated in remote locations. Multi-site solutions normally incorporate security measures for file replication, support of organizational security measures for database synchronization, and built-in rules to avoid and resolve conflicts. As CAD file sized continue to grow, network bandwidth continues to be a major factor in performance and end-user productivity and satisfaction. Using multi-site concepts can reduce data access time impacts on local users and move much of the transfer of large CAD file to non-peak hour operational times. To achieve effective multi-site operations using SolidWorks you may want to consider using SMARTEAM as the back end management solution with its Multi-site capability. |
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