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    Chandler, AZ 85226

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    107 S. Southgate Dr.
    Chandler, AZ 85226
    USA
    http://www.mesa.org
    480 893 6883

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    Siemens White Paper

    Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA) International is a worldwide not-for-profit community of manufacturing companies, information technology hardware and software suppliers, system integrators, consulting service providers, analysts, editors, academics and students. The combined purpose is to improve business results and production operations through optimized application and implementation of information technology and best management practices.

    Products & Press Releases

    Desmond Savage, Manufacturing IT Consultant, Modus IOT
    Home

    MES is Dead, IIOT has arrived.

    Nov. 8, 2019
    If your company is struggling to choose between an MES or IIoT solution, you won’t find the right answers until you begin asking the right questions.
    Conrad Leiva
    IIoT

    Making the Case for the Smart Manufacturing Ecosystem

    Conrad Leiva
    Aug. 30, 2019
    New advances in technology are helping manufacturers tackle all kinds of new problems, but the organizations that learn how to leverage the emerging innovation-driven ecosystem...
    Chris Monchinski, MESA
    IIoT

    How Smart Manufacturing Impacts Business Strategies

    Chris Monchinski
    June 21, 2019
    Smart manufacturing technologies are rapidly cropping up in organizations, and IT and OT are left having to deal with new issues every day. These six areas are where smart manufacturing...
    Shaunna Balady, MESA International
    IIoT

    Back to the Basics

    Shaunna Balady
    April 19, 2019
    In the evolving world of digital transformation and concepts like smart manufacturing, Industry 4.0 and cognitive manufacturing, it is important to remember the fundamentals.
    Julie Fraser, MESA
    IIoT

    Key Questions to Make Smart Manufacturing Work

    Julie Fraser
    Feb. 26, 2019
    Asking important questions—and in turn letting those answers lead you to the next questions—will put you on the path to smart manufacturing. Here are some examples to consider...
    Mike James, MESA International
    IIoT

    The New Culture of Smart Manufacturing

    Mike James
    Oct. 9, 2018
    Technologies aren’t really the sticking point for digital transformation—it’s change. Which comes first? Process or culture?
    Gelston Howell, Sanmina
    Software

    The Business Value of Cloud-Based MES Technology

    Gelston Howell
    Aug. 20, 2018
    Since taking its manufacturing execution system to the cloud, a large EMS provider has been able to achieve new levels of visibility, efficiency and quality.
    Raffaello Lepratti, MESA International
    Software

    Cloud, Automation and IoT: How MOM Is Making Them Work Together

    Raffaello Lepratti
    June 27, 2018
    Manufacturing operations management will not go away with the arrival of the Internet of Things. It will continue to provide the orchestration layer required for quite some time...
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    IIoT

    The Third Dimension of Smart Manufacturing—Value Chain Management

    Conrad Leiva
    April 24, 2018
    Manufacturers focused on optimizing ecosystems offering new value and service levels to customers might very well end up being the true winners of the smart manufacturing race...
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    IIoT

    Advancing Smart Manufacturing and IIoT—Together or Separately?

    Julie Fraser
    March 1, 2018
    Is the Industrial Internet of Things an enabling technology of smart manufacturing? Or could smart manufacturing take a different path?

    Articles & News

    Eddy Azard
    Digital Transformation

    The Future of Manufacturing Isn’t What You Think

    Eddy Azard, Parsec
    Oct. 26, 2023
    To properly manage a manufacturing business, manufacturers must realize that all companies are data companies—and that requires standards-based technologies.
    Sam Russem
    Business Intelligence

    How to Craft a Smart Manufacturing Business Case

    Sam Russem
    July 18, 2023
    Identifying the benefits and costs of smart manufacturing to demonstrate return on investment.
    Aw Web Feature
    Safety

    Enclosures: The Workforce of Industrial Automation

    Beth Stackpole, contributing writer
    Sept. 1, 2022
    Often overlooked and under considered, the right enclosure is critical to ensuring the healthy lifecycle of automation and industrial control applications.
    2206 Web Features2
    OEE

    OEE as a Tool for Continuous Improvement

    Beth Stackpole, contributing writer
    June 20, 2022
    Four real-world application stories show why OEE remains a bedrock manufacturing metric for real-time data collection to enhance companies’ ability to take corrective actions ...
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    Supply Chain Management

    The Evolving Smart Manufacturing Supply Chain

    Conrad Leiva
    March 8, 2022
    See how manufacturers who adopt Smart Manufacturing methods also gain a strategic competitive advantage in the marketplace.
    John Clemons, Director of Manufacturing IT for Maverick Technologies
    IIoT

    Demand-Driven Smart Manufacturing

    John Clemons
    Jan. 20, 2022
    The new MESA International Smart Manufacturing Model provides the answers the industry is seeking on production agility, resource effectiveness, and quality control.
    MESA Cybersecurity Working Group Chairman
    Cybersecurity

    Cybersecurity Myth: We Are Disconnected

    Dirk Sweigart
    Sept. 12, 2021
    Many consider their manufacturing systems or industrial control systems “disconnected” and safe. However, there are a number of factors working against that assumption to threaten...
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    Workforce

    MES/MOM Certification Benefits Everyone

    Chris Rickey
    May 2, 2021
    Rockwell Automation's Global Technical Lead for MES recently got his MOM certification from MESA. Find out why he says this program is worthwhile for system integrators, MES vendors...
    John Clemons, MESA Marketing, Committee Chair
    IIoT

    The Challenges of Smart Manufacturing

    John Clemons
    March 5, 2021
    The Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association aims to address some of the problem areas of smart manufacturing—such as implementation, fitting different technologies together...
    Conrad Leiva, Chairman of the Smart Manufacturing Working Group, MESA International
    IIoT

    A Refined Smart Manufacturing Definition for 2021

    Conrad Leiva
    Jan. 20, 2021
    Discover how industry organizations need to converge on concrete guiding principles and a definition for smart manufacturing, in order to achieve the next phase of Industry 4....

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    Dr. Ananth Seshan, member, International Board of Directors, MESA International
    IIoT

    Digital Transformation for Small and Medium Manufacturers

    Dr. Ananth Seshan
    July 9, 2020
    Small and medium manufacturers have largely been hesitant to make the transition to a smart manufacturing system due to concerns over the cost and time investment. However, those...
    Khris Kammer Web
    OEE

    The MESA Smart Manufacturing Model for 2020

    Khris Kammer
    March 5, 2020
    In a world where everyone wants to uniquely define their work with different three- (or more) letter acronyms, it can be somewhat confusing to navigate the industrial space. The...
    Michel Devos, MESA EMEA Board vice president, MESA
    IIoT

    The MES/MOM is Opening the Path to the Smart Factory of the Future

    Michel Devos
    Jan. 27, 2020
    As the automation landscape moves into digital transformation, it's important to realize the role of MES and MOM software in creating the smart factory of the future.
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    IIoT

    What Is Smart About Smart Manufacturing?

    Conrad Leiva
    Oct. 20, 2017
    Although industry is just starting to progress toward smart manufacturing, leaders endeavor to elevate the connectivity and orchestration of manufacturing processes across the...
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    IIoT

    Setting Up for Smart Manufacturing Success

    Jim Toman
    Aug. 16, 2017
    If the promise of IIoT, machine learning and cloud-based mobile applications is to make it easier than ever to see data from the plant floor, adjust production and manage operations...
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    Control

    Cybersecurity Guidance for Industrial Safety Systems

    Eric Cosman
    June 19, 2017
    With targeted attacks on industrial automation and control systems, which are increasingly connected to other business systems, cyber vulnerabilities represent a significant potential...
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    Software

    Smart Manufacturing—A Distant Shore?

    Jim Toman
    April 27, 2017
    Though the promise of smart manufacturing technologies might not be realized fully yet, the cost of implementing traditional MES and realizing the benefits of connecting your ...
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    Software

    How to Buy a Manufacturing Execution System

    Mike LeRoy
    Jan. 2, 2017
    Take the time to do the front-end work to position your project properly, and understand what will be required to approve the funding.
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    Software

    Three Steps to Start the Smart Manufacturing Journey

    Luigi De Bernardini
    Oct. 17, 2016
    The most important thing is to get started. But here are some guidelines to get started transforming your organization.