December - 20196 MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY INSIGHTSTo remain competitive, today's manufacturers must produce increasingly complex products, meet quickly changing market demands, all while reducing both costs and time to market. Consequently, they are investing in manufacturing execution systems (MES) to help drive value chain connectivity, interoperability, and collaboration. MES encompasses manufacturing and operations intelligence, planning and scheduling, workflow enforcement, operations, energy management, and components management. Enterprise-wide MES deployments continue to add significant value to organizations wanting to improve profits, collaborate, and implement global standards.MES is finally accepted as part of the enterprise IT landscape and is being given the same level of importance as product lifecycle management and enterprise resource planning projects. Moreover, manufacturing competency is recognized as an essential competitive differentiator. As MES is now an integral part of enterprise systems platforms, businesses need to participate in the requirements definition, selection process, and rollout plan. The shift from local to a corporate level project can slow down projects and the achievement of early benefits.The increased availability of industry-specific mature MES solutions means that companies are looking at more out-of-the-box implementations and should expect less need for expensive custom extensions to commercial products. To benefit from out-of-the-box functionality, companies need to select an MES product that fits their needs instead of assuming that customization is a required part of a project with any MES product. In today's market, heavy customization is usually a symptom of selecting a product that does not fit the industry or manufacturing type. The most critical new technologies affecting the MES market are new platforms, collaborative interoperable applications, auto features, digital twins, augmented reality, predictive analytics, cloud, edge, and data platforms.MES solutions are adapting to modern manufacturing environments with new technology expectations and demands. At this junction, Manufacturing Technology Insights presents its MES solution providers edition featuring insights from industry thought leaders and solutions from innovative technology providers. We hope this edition helps you prepare for the challenges of tomorrow.Let us know your thoughts!Unleashing the Value of Digital TransformationEditorialCopyright © 2019 ValleyMedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.Contact Us:Phone:510.936.8381Fax:510-894.8405Email:sales@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.comeditor@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.commarketing@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.com December - 02 - 2019, Vol 05 - Issue 23 (ISSN 2644-2493) Published by ValleyMedia, Inc. To subscribe to Manufacturing Technology InsightsVisit www.manufacturingtechnologyinsights.com Editor-in-ChiefLaura DavisEditorial StaffSalesVisualizerJaxon JaseAndrew D'souzaandrew@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.comAva Gracia Peter ThomasRose DcruzAaron PaulTECHNOLOGY INSIGHTSTECHNOLOGY INSIGHTSLaura DavisEditor-in-ChiefManufacturing Technology InsightsWrite to useditor@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.com*Some of the Insights are based on the interviews with respective CIOs and CXOs to our editorial staff
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