Articles & News on MES and Operations Management

Digital Innovations Are Making Industrial Facilities Safer Than Ever Before

  • by Nick Haase
  • January 13, 2025
  • Feature

Tech breakthroughs are keeping workers safe—and giving their employers a strategic boost.

Ensuring RCM or DCS Redundancy and Its Security in a Complex Industrial Environment

  • by Ashraf Sainudeen
  • December 24, 2024
  • Feature

Let's explore essential aspects of RCM/DCS redundancy and security, offering insights and actionable practices for effective system management. 

Green Bay Packaging Deploys IFS Cloud EAM and NRG Master Data Management Solutions

  • December 19, 2024
  • News

Using the IFS solution, GBP will improve asset reliability by obtaining clearer visibility into asset availability, usage and lifecycle.

MES Bridges Data, Machines and People in Smart Factories

  • by Nikhil Makhija
  • December 18, 2024
  • Feature

MES enables manufacturers to achieve efficiency, quality and flexibility to secure a competitive edge.

Driving Quality Control Excellence with MOM Integration

  • by Louis Columbus
  • December 16, 2024
  • Opinion

With MOM integration, compliance with regulatory standards becomes more manageable.

Continuous Improvement: Which Methodology Is Best?

  • by Grant Vokey
  • December 5, 2024
  • Feature

Lean, Six Sigma, ISO-9000 and Theory of Constraints are all effective. Choose based on your production goals.

HighByte Announces Changes to Board of Directors

  • November 5, 2024
  • News

HighByte, an industrial software company, has announced the approval of a new appointee to the company's Board of Directors: Megan Buntain.

Learn How to Reduce Unplanned Downtime with Innovative Smart Factory Solutions

  • October 16, 2024
  • News

Manufacturers can create custom monitoring solutions that help operators detect anomalies early, preventing breakdowns that lead to unplanned downtime or defective products that end up as waste.

Open Automation Systems: Update on the State of the Art

  • by Andre Babineau, John Conway, David DeBari, Alex Eaton, Kelly Li, Sarat Molakaseema and Josh Swanson
  • September 24, 2024
  • Feature

Experts from UniversalAutomation.org, OPAF, ExxonMobil and more tell how modern software techniques are improving process automation systems.

Inductive Automation Previews Upcoming Ignition 8.3 Release, Announces 2024 Ignition Firebrand Award Winners

  • September 23, 2024
  • News

Now in its twelfth year, the Ignition Community Conference brings together industrial professionals from around the world to network, collaborate and learn more about Ignition.