Top 10 benefits of a Manufacturing Execution System (MES)

Examine the benefits of Manufacturing Execution Systems

Today’s fast-paced manufacturing environment demands complete, real-time, accurate, and accessible data from the shop floor. However, many manufacturing organizations still use shop floor systems that do not meet this requirement. These include departmental applications that don’t communicate with each other, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) covering some shop floor functionality, operators spending precious time manually collating data, and even a lot of spreadsheets.

At its core, a manufacturing execution system (MES) is a specialized type of software solution that focuses on managing and monitoring manufacturing operations in which raw materials are transformed into semi-finished and/or finished goods.