HomeJohn SouthcottHomeIndustrial Software: Buying Versus BuildingBe practical in your evaluation—although COTS MES is much further along than years past in terms of reliability and multi-functionality, products are still evolving.HomeNeed MES/MOM Software? Get EducatedIn keeping with the goal of exploring the opportunities and challenges organizations face as they travel the real-time software journey, this column focuses on education.ControlThe People ChallengeAt Brock Solutions’ recent holiday party, one of our new employees who spent the previous 30 years at a large consumer products company remarked to me how young the group looked.