About Edata+ systems 

We are all about connection. EdataPlus, the MES that orchestrates people, processes, materials & machines, all to increase efficiency and drive throughput.

The values we live by: Save days on your operations and produce outcomes that help you and your customers succeed.

Our goal is to supply software and expertise to assist clients on their digitalization journey, based on computer aided design, maintaining processes and information flows streamlined through integration solutions

  What is a Manufacturing Execution System (MES)?

A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) helps businesses ensure that their manufacturing operations and production output are working to maximum efficiency. It's a software system that connects, monitors, and controls machines, work centers, and data flows on the factory floor. The MES does this by tracking and gathering real-time data throughout the production lifecycle and on every piece of equipment involved in the production process—from order to delivery.

An MES provides businesses with data on product tracking and genealogy, performance, traceability, management, work in progress (WIP), and other plant activities throughout the production cycle. This information provides decision-makers with detailed insight on how to optimize their operations.

What are the Benefits of Using a Manufacturing Execution System?

Paperless Manufacturing

With an MES, labor, scrap, downtime and maintenance are all recorded in real-time from the plant floor. This allows you to keep record of all the various costs without using paper notes and spreadsheets. It also helps collect useful data to evaluate unprofitable business models and forecast future prices. MES provides you with the information needed to increase productivity and efficiency on your plant floor.

ERP Integration

An MES allows you to integrate with other systems as shown in the MESA model. This eliminates the need for stand alone systems and mindless data re-entry, while providing more accurate projections of delivery dates and improving decision making through more accurate data collection.

Reduces Waste and Improves Efficiency

A key benefit of using an MES is its precision in analyzing production lines and finished products. It can detect any inconsistencies on the shop floor, immediately halting them to reduce wasted material and help businesses cut down on unnecessary expenses.

Decreases Downtime

An MES creates realistic production schedules and tracks raw materials and parts inventory. This eliminates time wasted from re-configuring schedules while parts are in transit. This can be applied to employees too, effectively scheduling the staff you have available.

Reduce Costs

An MES provides you with real-time data on all your operations. Using this real-time data to inform decisions on the product, time and labor required to complete a job, you can streamline operations and improve efficiency. This process eventually enables you to save costs on orders and frees-up personnel from operation production lines and controlling inventory.

Reduce Inventory

An MES constantly updates your inventory records with new production, materials, and products. This provides insights directly to your purchasing, shipping and scheduling departments, so they know what is available and what needs to be ordered. Transporting, warehousing and monitoring goods is expensive. The MES ensures you have the right amount of inventory on hand while minimizing surplus at all times. All of these activities contribute to a more efficient workforce, increased quality, and delivering higher profitability. There are also different types of MES available, each with their own advantages and disadvantages, including SaaS-based software. We have a range of resources on our website that expand on the different types of MES and how they influence business operations.