Map your systems landscape
Pick the systems you run and how they connect. See your landscape drawn live, with the overlaps and gaps worth a conversation.
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Draw what you actually run
Most manufacturers have never seen their systems on one page. Pick what you use, say how each one is connected, and add anything that isn't listed. The map redraws as you go.
It's a conversation starter, not an architecture document. Everything stays in this browser, and you can share a link or download the picture.
Orange lines go through ERP. Cyan lines go straight to MOM. A dashed box is a system that isn't connected to anything.
Underneath the map you'll find what I'd look at first in a landscape like yours.
What I'd look at first
Stuck on something? Ask me.
A question about your project, or about something you've read here. I read every one, and the useful ones become articles or FAQ answers, with names and companies left out.
This is a peer conversation, not a sales call or a consultancy. I work for an MES vendor, so I won't recommend a product, mine included.
Read alongside it
The smart factory tech stack, system by system
ERP, PLM, APS, MES/MOM, WMS, CMMS, LIMS, historians and data platforms. What each system does, where the boundaries sit, and how they fit together.
Shopfloor applications explained: what each one does, and why
Production, quality, inventory, maintenance, connected worker and AI: what each shopfloor application does, and one platform versus several.
Connecting MES/MOM to everything else: integration patterns that last
Point-to-point, middleware, event-driven or UNS. How to connect MES/MOM with ERP, PLM, WMS and QMS, and choose a pattern that survives upgrades.
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