
MES: The path to intelligent manufacturing
Can Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) accelerate the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies? Do they have a role in making organizations resilient and future-ready? The answer to both the questions is: “Yes.” MES places real-time data into the hands of organizations, allowing them to become intelligent. An example of MES adoption by KONE, a Finnish engineering services organization, shows that MES can be a great start point to creating a connected, transparent, optimized, and agile manufacturing organization. The adoption of technology in the Manufacturing Industry has been slow, but steady. Technology adoption has been relatively faster when it has