The value of MES is not in going paperless but in making the production floor transparent.
The value of MES is not in going paperless but in making the production floor transparent. This article draws on our practical experience serving more than 3,000 enterprise clients.
MES solves three problems: where the work order is, what the equipment is doing, and how to trace defects.
Data collection is the foundation of MES: get equipment connectivity, scan-to-report and andon calls running first.
Start with electronic work orders plus scan-to-report to make production progress transparent, then gradually add quality and equipment modules.
There is no standard answer to digital transformation, but there is one iron rule: first get one scenario running and deliver results, then talk about rolling it out across the board.