Category: Technology Selection

MES

How to Select an MES System

Many of the teams we work with ask us how to select an MES system.We’ve worked with scores of manufacturing companies that seek to gain a competitive advantage through the intelligent use of data.

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What is MES?

Project teams often ask us: what is MES?

Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) have been defined as enterprise technology applications that manage, monitor and synchronize the execution of real-time, physical processes involved in manufacturing finished goods.

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Why Production, Quality and Process Monitoring are the Heart of MES

Manufacturing Execution Software (MES) means different things to different people. I think it depends on a person’s perspective. Are they from a process manufacturing background or a discrete manufacturing background? Are they focused on complex manufacturing or highly repetitive manufacturing? Are they thinking about automation or are they thinking about monitoring, measuring and alerting.

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