OCTOBER 2015MANUFACTURINGTECHNOLOGYINSIGHTS.COM6 Information Technology has changed the ways industries oper-ate--supporting everything from decision making, enhanced process efficiencies, to connecting back office with customer service desk. However, this cannot be said true in the case of manufacturing sector, where the shop floor systems still continue to be designed internally. These systems are difficult to maintain, up-grade, and are not integrated with the manufacturer's ERPs--making it difficult to synchronize with real time data across shop floor opera-tions. The converse is true as well, where ERPs fail to reflect ground realities to the upper management. As a result plant managers lack the timely detailed information to guide day-to-day operations. This is where Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) has its play. MES schedules, tracks, analyses and directs operations, streamlining the entire shop floor to transform raw materials into end-products. MES helps manage and monitor the work on shop floor. It tracks the manufacturing processes with real-time data intelligence, improv-ing productivity and ensuring delivery of quality products in a timely manner. Also, as the manufacturing firms are globalizing their pro-ductions, MES can offer complete visibility across distributed plants. It also allows the manufacturers to weave together the plant systems with ERPs and bridge the traditional gap between shop floor and the business, with real-time information made available for operational and management decision makers. This factor, along with the ability to coordinate and synchronize people, processes, equipment, tooling and materials on a global scale is driving increased MES adoptions among the manufacturers worldwide.In fact, IDC predicts the worldwide spending on all operations and manufacturing applications including MES to increase from $7.3B in 2014 to $9.1B in 2017. The research firm also says that MES market alone will be worth $13.59 billion by 2020. There are many companies looking forward to disrupt this landscape with powerful manufactur-ing execution systems. In this scenario, our editorial team has evaluat-ed several of these companies to present you the Top 10 Manufacturing Execution System Providers. This special edition blends thought-lead-ership from subject matter experts with real stories on what selected vendors are doing for their clients, including exclusive insights from CIOs and CXOs. Let us know what you think.Laura DavisManaging EditorManufacturingTechnology InsightsWrite to useditor@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.comMES: Delivering the Manufacturing IntelligenceEditorialCopyright © 2015 ManufacturingTechnology Insights. 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 pub-lication are not necessarily those of the magazine and ac-cordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.OCTOBER - 2015Mailing AddressValley Media, Inc. 44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.936.8381, F:510-894.8405 October - 2015, Vol 01- Issue 08 Published by Valley Media, Inc. To subscribe to ManufacturingTechnology InsightsVisit www.manufacturingtechnologyinsights.com Managing EditorLaura DavisEditorial StaffSalesVisualizerMichael WilliamsRuben Philipruben@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.com Ava GarciaImmanuel SpearsMichelle WilsonCharles MatthewJoshua ParkerPeter ThomasTECHNOLOGY INSIGHTSTECHNOLOGY INSIGHTS
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