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Manufacturers ''should consider MES with care''

8 November 2010
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Manufacturers ''should consider MES with care''As the rapidly changing nature of the sector requires manufacturers to be able to alter tactics fast, companies have been advised to choose their Manufacturing Execution System (MES) with care.

This is according to Europe, the Middle East and Africa region research director for IDC Manufacturing Insights Pierfrancesco Manenti, who advocates directly managing "the selection, implementation and maintenance" of solutions.

The expert claimed MES is as important as other execution systems, such as enterprise resource planning and supply chain management software.

"Being a successful manufacturer is not an easy task today," Mr Manenti declared, urging operations management professionals to ensure they can respond to changes in demand, opportunities arising in new markets and shorter product life cycles.

His advice comes after a survey by the organisation found production-focused businesses are uncertain which MES suite to select and urged them to consider such solutions as "a corporate-wide business application".

The international study comes as figures from the Confederation of British Industry found that small manufacturing firms in the UK expect domestic demand to grow over the coming months.ADNFCR-3058-ID-800223211-ADNFCR
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