Hi, I'm Matt.
I've spent my career on the shopfloor side of software. This is where I write down what I've learnt about making factories smarter.
Why this site exists
Smart manufacturing and AI are everywhere right now. Most of what gets written about them skips the hard part: the shopfloor systems, data and processes that have to be in place before any of it works.
That's what I write about. Shopfloor AI and smart factory strategy, plus the MES and MOM foundations underneath them, from real implementations rather than brochures. Some of it is educational, for people early in the journey. Some is opinion, earned the hard way.
The goal is simple: close the gap between the AI hype and the practical reality of running a factory.
My story
Software engineer at Lighthouse
Building MES projects for customers at a pure-play MES company, and integrating our product, Shopfloor-Online, with everything around it.
Projects and solution design
Managing implementations and designing solutions for manufacturers across industries and processes, all over the world.
Head of Product
Leading the team responsible for the whole product: management, design, quality, release, documentation, pricing and go-to-market.
VP & General Manager, MES at Infor
Globally responsible for the MES business.
What you'll find here
- Smart Factory & AI: shopfloor AI, the market and where manufacturing goes next.
- Foundations: MES, MOM, ISA-95, OEE and a function-by-function tour of MES.
- Implementation: business cases, teams and getting shopfloor projects over the line.
The opinions here are my own and don't represent any current or past employer.
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- Vendor-neutral, practical guidance
- Written from real implementations, not brochures
- Shopfloor AI, smart manufacturing and MES/MOM
- No hype, no buzzword bingo