MES software selection: requirements that survive go-live
Select manufacturing execution software that lasts — shop-floor requirements, integration ownership, vendor evaluation, and pilot criteria that predict success.
ERP
Business system for orders, inventory, and finance.
Enterprise resource planning: orders, inventory, procurement, finance — ISA-95 Level 4. Exchanges schedules and performance data with MES; owns business master data.
Use the concept: Downtime log template · SMED changeover observation template · Takt time calculator
In depth
MES versus ERP integration: a practical ownership checklist
Decide which system owns orders, materials, quality, genealogy, and production results before building another fragile interface between the business and the plant.
The unified namespace, explained
One broker, one topic tree, every producer and consumer decoupled. What a UNS is, what it demands, and where it goes wrong.