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The line reports itself — every order, every hour, every reason.

MES sits between your plan and your machines: it dispatches orders, guides operators, counts everything and reports what actually happened — hour by hour, with reasons, not guesses.

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Key metrics
OEE visibility Downtime reasons captured Trace time: days → minutes Plan adherence
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…10 years delivering for Japanese companies, across 9+ countries

WHAT IT IS

MES — Manufacturing Execution System

The layer between planning and the machines: turn the daily plan into executed orders — and report what actually happened, hour by hour.

Your ERP decides what to make; your machines decide what actually happens. MES is the missing layer in between: it dispatches work orders to the line, guides operators with paperless instructions, counts every unit and every minute of downtime — so planning, management and your customers work from one version of the truth.

PAIN → RELIEF

What changes when this goes live

TODAY

Output and downtime are written down by hand, then retyped into Excel

WITH MES

Counters, stops and reason codes captured automatically at the machine

TODAY

OEE is estimated in Monday meetings — two departments, two numbers

WITH MES

OEE computed by the system — one number for everyone, all day

TODAY

A traceability request takes days of digging through batch sheets

WITH MES

Lot genealogy answered in one click — forward and backward

WHAT YOU GET

The features, in three honest groups

CAPTURE — no more handwriting

  • Automatic counters and machine status, no operator input
  • Downtime logged with reason codes at the terminal
  • Scrap and rework counted per station
  • Operator and shift bound to every step

CONTROL — the plan, enforced

  • Work orders dispatched to each line and shift
  • Paperless SOPs, drawings and specs at the workstation
  • Andon alerts when a line drifts off plan
  • Changeover times tracked — and improved

VISUALIZE — one set of numbers for everyone

  • Live OEE board per line, per shift
  • Plan-vs-actual compared hour by hour
  • Batch genealogy reports for any customer or audit
  • Two-way sync with SAP, Dynamics, Odoo and more

A DAY ON THE FLOOR

What it looks like in real time

07:00 · Line starts

MES pulls today’s orders to each station — operators see specs and drawings, not paper.

10:20 · A stop happens

The operator taps a reason code — downtime is real before lunch, not on Friday’s report.

16:00 · Customer asks about lot 4471

Trace report generated in minutes: materials, process steps, results and signatures.

HOW WE DEPLOY

Three phases, no big bang

1

Weeks 1–2 · Map & prepare

Value stream, data sources, master data cleanup (BOM, routings) — the unglamorous work that makes MES stick.

2

Weeks 3–6 · Pilot on one line

Orders, counting, downtime and OEE live on one line — with metrics agreed before we start.

3

Months 2–4 · Integrate & roll out

ERP and quality data connected, then site-wide rollout — the line never stops.

THE HONEST PART

WHAT TO EXPECT

We will not promise a magic OEE jump. We promise the number stops being an argument.

What it moves

OEE visibility Downtime reasons captured Trace time: days → minutes Plan adherence

Before you ask

We have PLCs from different decades. Is that a problem?

MES sits above the machines, and collection adapts per machine: PLC where it exists, a counter pulse or operator terminal where it does not. Deep PLC integration happens where it pays.

Will operators resist tablets at the line?

We start with what removes their paperwork — the terminal replaces the forms they hate. Adoption follows relief, not orders.

Can it talk to our old ERP?

Yes — flat-file and API integration is routine work for us. Your ERP stays the master for materials, purchasing and finance.

Can you keep our existing Excel logic?

Your calculations move into the system with you reviewing every rule; Excel becomes an export, not the source of truth.

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  • A senior engineer and a bilingual consultant lead the session.
  • Reply within one business day, in Japanese, Vietnamese or English.
  • Fixed-scope pilot proposal within two weeks of the visit.
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