Manufacturers know they need to bridge the gap between shop floor execution and business systems. For a long time, Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) were meant to be this bridge, but despite several different approaches, they have failed to deliver.

Off-the-Shelf MES solutions are rigid, complex, and expensive, generally requiring extensive customization and long deployment timelines. On the other hand, many enterprise organizations have taken a DIY approach, building from the ground up to connect machines, people, and ERP as well as build applications. But this DIY approach has a high rate of failure, requires extensive in-house technical resources, and is difficult to scale (especially with any degree of speed).

This whitepaper introduces a modern approach to MES - one that delivers rapid time-to-value while allowing manufacturers to scale and adapt their system as needed. By focusing on key jobs to be done rather than an all-or-nothing system, this approach ensures seamless integration between the shop floor and business management systems, while giving production and operations teams the out-of-the-box solutions to execute work effectively now.