Published: 31 May 2022
Manufacturing execution systems are foundational to smart factories and digital manufacturing. While MES is a mature global market, offerings differ across use cases and industry focus. This research helps supply chain technology leaders match technology needs with capabilities in the market.
Parity exists in the overall use-case scores for manufacturing execution system (MES) offerings, because MES is a mature market. Differentiation comes from capability scores, vendor- and product-specific focus on particular capabilities, manufacturing styles, and industries.
Gartner clients evaluating MES are frustrated at the slow progress of MES technology advancement. This is due in large part to vendors that are more focused on extended functionality offered by manufacturing operations management (MOM) application suites over advancement of the core MES technology.
Smart manufacturing initiatives are changing the focus of manufacturers from internally focused, plant-specific functionality to more end-to-end solutions, changing MES from
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