The business case
Who benefits, where the money comes from, how to build a case leadership will approve, and how to choose without regret.
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Who benefits from MES?
Operators, supervisors, quality, maintenance, planners and leadership: what each role gets from an MES, and why that matters for your business case.
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MES/MOM and the bottom line
Start with the 1% OEE question. Downtime, scrap, labour, inventory, recalls and energy: where MES/MOM moves the P&L, and how to turn it into a business case.
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The MES business case
You know your factory runs on paper and Excel. Your leadership hasn't approved the fix. How to build a business case around business impact, risk and the cost of doing nothing.
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Smart factory ROI research
The headline numbers from Deloitte, MarketsandMarkets, IoT Analytics, LNS Research and the Manufacturing Institute, what they show about smart factory returns, and what they don't.
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How to choose an MES
The 12 questions every manufacturer should ask when evaluating MES/MOM, plus the RFP mistakes that make selection harder than it needs to be.
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Six technology mistakes
ERP wired to machines, homegrown platforms, point solutions, over-customisation, connected worker overlap and IIoT sold as MES. Six avoidable mistakes I see again and again.
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